A Note on the Mixing Length Theory and Massive Star Evolution |
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Authors: | Li-Cai Deng and Da-Run Xiong |
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Institution: | [1]BeijingAstronomicalObservatory,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100012 [2]PurpleMountainObservatory,Chine |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we investigate the problem of supersonic convection caused by the application of the usual Mixing Length Theory (MLT), and give a modification to the original expression of the MLT. In the case of the usual MLT, a zone of supersonic convection exists when the stellar model goes into yellowred supergiant phase. When the modification is applied, the models of late type supergiants possess shallower convective envelopes for a given temperature compared with the normal formailsm of the MLT. Therefore the stellar models made with our new formalism move to lower effective temperature by 100-400K depending on the luminosity of the star. Such a modification does not affect the convective envelope structure of lower luminosity late type stars, as both expressions of the MLT give the same results in these stars. |
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Keywords: | convection - stars: supergiants - stars: massive stars - stars: evolution |
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