Wave-Driven Mixing Enhanced by Rotation in Red Giant Branch Stars

arXiv:2606.30541 · astro-ph.SR, physics.flu-dyn · Submitted 2026-06-29 · Read on arXiv

Simon Blouin, Paul R. Woodward, Pavel A. Denissenkov, Praneet Pathak, Falk Herwig

astro-ph.SR, physics.flu-dyn

Submitted: 2026-06-29

Comments: Published in Nature Astronomy on 29 December 2025

Journal ref: Nat Astron 10, 385-390 (2026)

DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02743-z

Code: https://github.com/PPMstar/PyPPM

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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• Entrainment — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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