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The critical mass for the overstability of massive zero-age main sequence stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

J. Klapp
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, México 09340 DF Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Salazar, Edo. de México, México
N. Langer
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen, Geismarlandstraße 11, D—3400 Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
K.J. Fricke
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen, Geismarlandstraße 11, D—3400 Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

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The linear stability of massive extreme Pop I stars at the main sequence is investigated with a full nonadiabatic treatment. Contrary to earlier beliefs these stars become vibrationally unstable only beyond a critical mass as high as 440 M at the main sequence.

Type
Chapter 6: Excitation and Damping of Solar and Stellar Oscillations
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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