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The discussion of stellar pulsations is started with that of the simplest case, adiabatic spherical pulsations, which are in fact a good approximation for Cepheid pulsations. We introduce the mathematical concept and discuss some specific solutions of the problem.
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Kippenhahn, R., Weigert, A., Weiss, A. (2012). Adiabatic Spherical Pulsations. In: Stellar Structure and Evolution. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30304-3_40
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