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Can stellar mass be measured by asteroseismology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Roger K. Ulrich*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024

Abstract

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Theoretical calculations show that the detailed pattern of frequencies from stellar oscillations can in principal produce data that can determine stellar masses independent of other input data.

Type
Chapter 4: Asteroseismology: Results and Prospects
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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