Problems of stellar convection : proceedings of the Colloquium nr. 38 of the International Astronomical Union, held in Nice, August 16-20, 1976

Introductory remarks....Pages 1-3 Historical reminiscences of the origins of stellar convection theory (1930 – 1945)....Pages 4-14 The current state of stellar mixing-length theory....Pages 15-56 On taking mixing-length theory seriously....Pages 57-62 Observations bearing on the theory of stellar convection II....Pages 63-86 Dynamical instabilities in stars....Pages 87-102 Observations bearing on convection....Pages 103-118 Evolution pattern of the exploding granules....Pages 119-125 Granulation observations....Pages 126-127 Some aspects of convection in meteorology....Pages 128-141 Numerical methods in convection theory....Pages 142-150 Compressible convection....Pages 151-155 Convection in rotating stars....Pages 156-175 Magnetic fields and convection....Pages 176-187 Axisymmetric convection with a magnetic field....Pages 188-194 Convective dynamos....Pages 195-224 Penetrative convection in stars....Pages 225-234 The boundaries of a convective zone....Pages 235-236 Convective overshooting in the solar photosphere; A model granular velocity field....Pages 237-238 Thermosolutal convection....Pages 239-254 The URCA convection....Pages 255-266 Photoconvection....Pages 267-283 Convection in the helium flash....Pages 284-289 Wave transport in stratified, rotating fluids....Pages 290-314 Wave generation and pulsation in stars with convective zones....Pages 315-324 Fully developed turbulence, intermittency and magnetic fields....Pages 325-336 Turbulence : Determinism and chaos....Pages 337-348 Stellar convection....Pages 349-363