A-star envelopes: a test of local and non-local models of convection
arXiv:astro-ph/0112401 · doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05268.x
Abstract
We present results of a fully non-local, compressible model of convection for A-star envelopes. This model quite naturally reproduces a variety of results from observations and numerical simulations which local models based on a mixing length do not. Our principal results, which are for models with Teff between 7200 K and 8500 K, are the following: First, the photospheric velocities and filling factors are in qualitative agreement with those derived from observations of line profiles of A-type stars. Second, the He II and H I convection zones are separated in terms of convective flux and thermal interaction, but joined in terms of the convective velocity field, in agreement with numerical simulations. In addition, we attempt to quantify the amount of overshooting in our models at the base of the He II convection zone.
5 pages with 4 figures (1a, 1b, 2 and 3), MNRAS (letter), in print
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