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By simulating the convection in the upper layers of six different stars and matching these simulations to 1D-mixing length models using the same input physics, we have been able to infer the behaviour of the mixing-length parameter, α, as the stellar parameters changes.
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Trampedach, R., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Nordlund, Å., Stein, R.F. (1997). Near-Surface Constraints on the Structure of Stellar Convection Zones. In: Pijpers, F.P., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Rosenthal, C.S. (eds) SCORe ’96: Solar Convection and Oscillations and their Relationship. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 225. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5167-2_8
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