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Driving g-mode Pulsations in γ Doradus Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. A. Guzik
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, X-2, MS B220, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
A. B. Kaye
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, X-2, MS B220, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
P. A. Bradley
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, X-2, MS B220, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
A. N. Cox
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, X-2, MS B220, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
C. Neuforge
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, X-2, MS B220, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

Abstract

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We suggest that the modulation of radiative flux by convection at the base of a deep envelope convection zone during the pulsation cycle is responsible for driving high-order g modes with periods 0.4 to 3 d observed in γ Doradus variables.

Type
Part 6. Variables Close to the Main Sequence
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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