Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0607584

From: Martha Evonuk [view email]

Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:51:38 GMT (713kb)

The Effects of Rotation Rate on Deep Convection in Giant Planets with Small Solid Cores

Authors: Martha Evonuk, Gary A. Glatzmaier

Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures

Report-no: astro-ph.mevonuk.25991

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.

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607584