Microscopic Diffusion in Stellar Evolution Codes: First Comparisons Results of ESTA-Task 3

Y. Lebreton (1) , J. Montalbán (2) , J. Christensen-Dalsgaard (3) , S. Théado (4) , A. Hui-Bon-Hoa (4) , M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro , S. Degl'Innocenti , M. Marconi , Pierre Morel (5) , P. G. Prada Moroni , A. Weiss

1 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
2 Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège]
3 OHP - Observatoire de Haute-Provence
4 LATT - Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes
5 CASSIOPEE - Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides

We present recent work undertaken by the Evolution and Seismic Tools Activity (ESTA) team of the CoRoT Seismology Working Group. The new ESTA-Task 3 aims at testing, comparing and optimising stellar evolution codes which include microscopic diffusion of the chemical elements resulting from pressure, temperature and concentration gradients. The results already obtained are globally satisfactory, but some differences between the different numerical tools appear that require further investigations.

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]

Y. Lebreton, J. Montalbán, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, S. Théado, A. Hui-Bon-Hoa, et al.. Microscopic Diffusion in Stellar Evolution Codes: First Comparisons Results of ESTA-Task 3. EAS Publications Series, 2007, 26, pp.155-165. ⟨10.1051/EAS:2007134⟩. ⟨hal-00288201⟩