Stellar Structure and Nucleosyntheis

Stellar Structure and Nucleosyntheis

Movie showing the evolution of the velocity magnitude of a 10243 resolution run of Carbon-burning shell (video credit: Dr Raphael Hirschi). This movie shows the turbulence in the central convective zone and gravity waves in the top and bottom stable regions. In addition, this movie nicely shows the Kelvin-Helmhotz (shear) instability developing at the top boundary due to the fast horizontal motion of the convective flow when it is deflected and “de”celerated by the boundary. Results from Cristini et al 2016, in prep.Very high resolution movie of the C-shell.