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Published April 6, 2008 | Published
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Magnetic Bubbles and Extramixing in Stars

Abstract

The possible role of magnetic flux tubes in transporting matter from near the H shell through the radiative zone and into the convective envelope is explored. It is shown that the required rates of mass transport necessary to provide nuclear processed material to the envelope can be achieved if large magnetic fields are present just above the H shell in AGB and RGB stars. The required fields in this zone reach 5 MG for the AGB case and 0.5-0.05 MG for the RGB case. It may thus be possible that magnetic bouyancy play a major role in providing the extra mixing needed for these stars.

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© 2008 American Institute of Physics. Issue Date: April 6, 2008. GJW acknowledges the support of DOE-FG03-88ER13851, the generosity of the Epsilon foundation, and Caltech's contribution 9003(1124). M.B. thanks support from the Italian Ministry of research, through the contract PRIN2006-022731.

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