Asteroseismology of white dwarf stars. I - Adiabatic results

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view Abstract Citations (57) References (64) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Asteroseismology of White Dwarf Stars. I. Adiabatic Results Bradley, P. A. ; Winget, D. E. Abstract A preliminary investigation of the asteroseismological properties of chemically stratified evolutionary DA and DB white dwarf models is reported. The period and kinetic energy distributions for nonradial g-modes of spherical harmonic indices l = 1-3 are computed in the adiabatic approximation, and the effects of varying the total stellar masss and the surface layer masses on the pulsation properties are studied using an extensive grid of models. Significant resonant mode trapping due to chemical stratification is found. Modes trapped in the outer layers have much lower kinetic energies; these minima also show up as minima in the period spacing between modes of consecutive radial overtone k. Mode trapping occurs at the same or nearly the same value of k for different l-values. Thus, l-values of trapped modes may be identified on the basis of their period ratios. It is shown that observational identification of these period ratios can be used to constrain the mass of the star and its surface layer. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Pub Date: February 1991 DOI: 10.1086/191539 Bibcode: 1991ApJS...75..463B Keywords: Adiabatic Conditions; Stellar Evolution; Stellar Interiors; Stellar Oscillations; White Dwarf Stars; Chemical Evolution; Kinetic Energy; Stellar Mass; Variable Stars; Astrophysics; STARS: EVOLUTION; STARS: INTERIORS; STARS: PULSATION; STARS: WHITE DWARFS full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (5)