The Effects of Rotation Rate on Deep Convection in Giant Planets with Small Solid Cores
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We study how the pattern of thermal convection and differential rotation in the interior of a giant gaseous planet is affected by the presence of a small solid core as a function of the planetary rotation rate. We show, using 2D anelastic, hydrodynamic simulations, that the presence of a small solid core results in significantly different flow structure relative to that of a fully convective interior only if there is little or no planetary rotation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0607584,
title = {The Effects of Rotation Rate on Deep Convection in Giant Planets with Small Solid Cores},
author = {Martha Evonuk and Gary A. Glatzmaier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0607584},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 3 figures