A radiative zone is a layer of a star's interior where energy is primarily transported toward the exterior by means of radiative diffusion and thermal...

25 solar radii and 0.7 radii, the top of the radiative zone. The radiative zone and the convective zone are separated by a transition layer, the tachocline...

but staying at roughly the same surface temperature, until either a radiative zone develops, at which point the star starts following the Henyey track...

zone deep within the interior and a radiative zone in the outer layers. Smaller stars such as the Sun are just the opposite, with the convective zone...

stellar evolution. It ends when a star of 0.5 M☉ or larger develops a radiative zone, or when a smaller star commences nuclear fusion on the main sequence...

current models, random scattering from free electrons in the solar radiative zone (the zone within 75% of the solar radius, where heat transfer is by radiation)...

throughout and do not contain a radiation zone. In main sequence stars similar to the Sun, which have a radiative core and convective envelope, the transition...

radiation zone and by convective circulation in the outer convection zone, but cool sinking material from the surface penetrates further into the radiative zone...

determined that the heliosheath is not "smooth" – it is rather a "foamy zone" filled with magnetic bubbles, each about 1 AU wide. These magnetic bubbles...

radiative zone is still rich in deuterium, and deuterium fusion proceeds in an increasingly thin shell that gradually moves outwards as the radiative...

the globe. A planet in radiative equilibrium with its parent star and the rest of space can be characterized by net zero radiative forcing and by a planetary...

in the solar radiative zone after leaving the core of the Sun that radiant energy takes about a million years to reach the convection zone. However, photons...

further divided into the reactive near field and the radiative near field. The reactive and radiative near-field designations are also a function of wavelength...

characteristics of the Sun Structure of the Sun Solar core Radiative zone Convection zone Photosphere Chromosphere Corona Solar granulation Sunspots Solar...

itself, and the radiative flux of the host star. Given the large spread in the masses of planets within a circumstellar habitable zone, coupled with the...

v t e The Sun Internal structure Core Radiative zone Tachocline Convection zone Atmosphere Variation Solar cycle List of solar cycles Active region Solar...

silicon. The fact that radiative recombination is slow in indirect band gap materials also means that, under most circumstances, radiative recombinations will...

at a distance r from the center of the star. Radiative transport of energy is described by the radiative temperature gradient equation: d T d r = − 3...

core surrounded by a radiative zone, as opposed to a sun-sized star, which consists of a radiative core surrounded by a convective zone. Because of their...

daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) (also passive radiative cooling, daytime passive radiative cooling, radiative sky cooling, photonic radiative cooling...

Such stars will not become red giants as the whole star is a convection zone and it will not develop a degenerate helium core with a shell burning hydrogen...

considers a grey stratosphere in radiative equilibrium. A grey stratosphere (or atmosphere) is an approach to modeling radiative transfer that does not take...

more than 0.3 solar masses, between the radiative interior and the differentially rotating outer convective zone. This causes the region to have a very...

Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power...

convective bubbles crossing the convective core boundary to enter the radiative zone where they finally lose their identity (overshooting), or even some...

Zone melting (or zone refining, or floating-zone method, or floating-zone technique) is a group of similar methods of purifying crystals, in which a narrow...

road funding. Zone 1 A roads Zone 2 A roads Zone 3 A roads Zone 4 A roads Zone 5 A roads Zone 6 A roads Zone 7 A roads Zone 8 A roads Zone 9 A roads Some...

5 kG. This is strong enough to force uniform rotation in the outer radiative zone of the star. The CoRoT light curve of the star displays 35 different...

multi-layered atmosphere is governed by radiative transfer equations such as Schwarzschild's equation for radiative transfer (or more complex equations if...

nonexistent magnetic fields. These tiny dwarfs are supposed to lack the radiative zone just outside the star's core that creates the magnetic field-creating...