3D solar surface convection

Example snapshot

Classical CO5BOLD solar granulation model (Steffen & Caffau 2009)

• Bolometric surface intensity and specific entropy (fixed view)
  d3gt57g44n94_Is1.mpg

• Bolometric surface intensity and specific entropy (variable view)
  d3gt57g44n94_Is2.mpg

High-resolution CO5BOLD solar granulation model (B. Freytag 2012)

• Bolometric surface intensity
  d3t57g44b0n025_I3br.mpg

• Bolometric surface intensity (smoothed)
  d3t57g44b0n025_I3brm.mpg

• Entropy fluctuations
  d3t57g44b0n025_ds.mpg

Test runs with different versions of radiation transport

• SC-RT
  d3gt57g44s591_intensity_120-130.mpg

• LCF0-RT
  d3gt57g44n590_intensity_120-130.mpg

• LCF1-RT
  d3gt57g44n591_intensity_120-130.mpg

• MSC-RT
  d3gt57g44m592_intensity_120-130.mpg

• MSC-RT (Double Gauss-Radau with n_theta=3)
  d3gt57g44m595_intensity_195-200.mpg

• MSC-RT (Double Gauss-Radau with n_theta=3).
  Neutral EOS with mu=1.3, gamma=5/3
  d3gt57g44eos166msc06_intensity_001-012.mpg