# Mixing and overshooting in surface convection zones of DA white dwarfs: first results from ANTARES

@article{Kupka2018MixingAO,
title={Mixing and overshooting in surface convection zones of DA white dwarfs: first results from ANTARES},
author={Friedrich Kupka and Florian Zaussinger and Michael H. Montgomery},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2018},
volume={474},
pages={4660-4671}
}
• Published 2 December 2017
• Physics, Geology
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
We present results of a large, high resolution 3D hydrodynamical simulation of the surface layers of a DA white dwarf (WD) with $T_{\rm eff}=11800$ K and $\log(g)=8$ using the ANTARES code, the widest and deepest such simulation to date. Our simulations are in good agreement with previous calculations in the Schwarzschild-unstable region and in the overshooting region immediately beneath it. Farther below, in the wave-dominated region, we find that the rms horizontal velocities decay with depth…

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