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semiconvection: a standalone construct

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Stellar astrophysics

slow, partial mixing in a stellar region that is unstable by the temperature gradient but stabilized by a composition gradient.

In stellar astrophysics, semiconvection refers to slow, partial mixing in a stellar region that is unstable by the temperature gradient but stabilized by a composition gradient. This meaning comes from Schwarzschild (1958) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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composition3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs gradient4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs mixing3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Schwarzschild, M., & Härm, R. (1958). Evolution of Very Massive Stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 128, 348. https://doi.org/10.1086/146548

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