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Vibrational Instabilities and Pulsational Properties of Cool White Dwarfs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Attention is focused on those aspects of the theory that may be relevant in understanding the nature of ZZ Ceti-type variable white dwarfs. Recent calculations show that the opacity mechanism can drive a large variety of oscillation modes, including the ones that fit observed periods. An estimate of nonlinear effects shows that resonant mode coupling plays a dominant role in determining the finite amplitude behaviour of oscillations and is also probably responsible for rapid amplitude changes observed in these variables.
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- Colloquium Session VI
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 53: White Dwarfs and Variable Degenerate Stars , August 1979 , pp. 359 - 373
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- Copyright © The University of Rochester 1979
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