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AN: P11A-0087    [Abstracts]
TI: The Effects of Small Solid Cores on Deep Convection in Giant Planets
AU: * Evonuk, M
EM: mevonuk@pmc.ucsc.edu
AF: University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth Science 1156 High St, Santa Criz, CA 95064 United States
AU: Glatzmaier, G A
EM: glatz@pmc.ucsc.edu
AF: University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth Science 1156 High St, Santa Criz, CA 95064 United States
AB: Thermal convection in the rotating, density-stratified interiors of giant gaseous planets generates differential rotation in the interiors of these planets. We show, using 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.
DE: 5700 PLANETARY SCIENCES: FLUID PLANETS
DE: 5704 Atmospheres (0343, 1060)
DE: 5724 Interiors (8147)
DE: 6220 Jupiter
DE: 7544 Stellar interiors and dynamo theory
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005