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Oscillations of Long-Period Variables
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2017
Abstract
We have performed a linear pulsational stability survey of long period variable models. The dynamic and thermodynamic couplings between convection and oscillations are treated by using a statistical theory of nonlocal and time-dependent convection. The results show that the fundamental and all the low overtones are always pulsationally unstable for the low-temperature models when the coupling between convection and oscillations is ignored. When the coupling is considered, there is indeed a “Mira” pulsationally instability region outside of the Cepheid instability strip on the H-R diagram. The coolest models near the Hayashi track are pulsationally stable. Towards high temperature the fundamental mode first becomes unstable, and then the first overtone. Some of the 2nd −4th overtones may become unstable for the hotter models. All the modes higher than 4th (n > 4) are pulsationally stable. The position and the width of such an instability region on the H-R diagram critically depends on the mass, luminosity and metal abundance of the star.
- Type
- VI. Asteroseismology II
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 185: New Eyes to See Inside the Sun and Stars , 1998 , pp. 399 - 400
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1998