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Eddington-Sweet circulation: a standalone construct

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Eddington-Sweetcirculation1 CONSTRUCTEddington-SweetSWEET · ASTROPHYSICS

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Astrophysics

a slow large-scale meridional flow driven by the thermal imbalance in a rotating radiative stellar interior, which mixes material over long timescales.

In astrophysics, Eddington-Sweet circulation refers to a slow large-scale meridional flow driven by the thermal imbalance in a rotating radiative stellar interior, which mixes material over long timescales. This meaning comes from Sweet (1950) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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References

  1. Sweet, P. A. (1950). The Importance of Rotation in Stellar Evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 110(6), 548-558. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/110.6.548

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