A phenomenological modification of thermohaline mixing in globular cluster red giants
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1187
Abstract: Thermohaline mixing is a favoured mechanism for the so-called "extra mixing" on the red giant branch of low-mass stars. The mixing is triggered by the molecular weight inversion created above the hydrogen shell during first… read more here.
Keywords: red giants; lithium abundances; thermohaline mixing; carbon lithium ... See more keywords