Bibcode
DOI
Crivellari, L.; Simonneau, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 367, Feb. 1, 1991, p. 612-618.
Fecha de publicación:
2
1991
Revista
Número de citas
11
Número de citas referidas
6
Descripción
In a previous work (Paper I of this series), we presented a procedure
for computing the temperature distribution in a stellar atmosphere under
the constraint of radiative equilibrium. This scheme, which answers the
major requirements of simplicity and computational speed, is based on
the choice of proper iteration factors that allow a quick convergence to
the correct solution.
In this paper, we extended the method to accounting for a stellar
atmosphere where convective transport is present. This is achieved by
introducing a new iteration factor: the ratio of convective to radiative
flux. The new iteration factor is introduced into a new loop of
iterations, where the current temperature is doubly corrected by making
use of both the convective and the radiative transport equations.
Thanks to the use of the radiative iteration factors, as defined in
Paper I, also inside the new iteration loop, the computational time of
each single iteration is kept small. The introduction of the new factor
reduces the number of iterations within the loop to very small
proportions.