Hydrogen Core Convection in a 15 Solar Mass Main Sequence Star

• non-rotating:




• images:



• equatorial plane (slice through equator):

entropy perturbation



• meridional plane (slice perpendicular to equator):

entropy perturbation



• constant radius surface (Hammer-Aitoff equal area projection):

radial velocity at R=5.6e10 cm



• movies:


• entropy perturbation
• rotating:


• images:


• equatorial plane (slice through equator):

latitudinal velocity


entropy perturbation


radial velocity



• meridional plane (slice perpendicular to equator):

kinetic energy density


entropy perturbation



• constant radius surface (Hammer-Aitoff equal area projection):

entropy perturbation at R=5.6e10 cm



• movies:
• kinetic energy density in equatorial plane
• radial velocity in equatorial plane
• kinetic energy density in meridional plane