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Properties of nonradial stellar oscillations

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Nonradial and Nonlinear Stellar Pulsation

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 125))

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It is shown that the oscillatory properties of the eigenfunctions can be proved rigorously for the second order problem. Models with discontinuities in density are also considered and “discontinuity modes” are shown to exist. The distribution of amplitudes of these modes is also discussed.

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H. A. Hill W. A. Dziembowski

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Gabriel, M., Scuflaire, R. (1980). Properties of nonradial stellar oscillations. In: Hill, H.A., Dziembowski, W.A. (eds) Nonradial and Nonlinear Stellar Pulsation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 125. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-09994-8_45

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