Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1974
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974apj...193..677s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, vol. 193, Nov. 1, 1974, pt. 1, p. 677, 678. Research supported by the University of Nebraska.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Critical Mass, Opacity, Stellar Mass, Thermonuclear Reactions, Variable Stars, Astronomical Models, Chemical Composition, Electron Scattering, Energy Absorption, Giant Stars, Radiation Pressure, Stellar Structure
Scientific paper
The pulsational stability of massive, chemically homogeneous stars of Population I has been investigated for a range of simple opacity representations consisting of a straight sum of electron-scattering and modified Kramers opacity. The critical mass for stability against nuclear-energized pulsations is found to be extraordinarily sensitive to small changes in the coefficient and/or temperature exponent of the absorption part of the opacity law. A gradual increase in the atomic absorption (dominant near the stellar surface) first raises the critical mass, then restricts the upper mass limit for instability, and finally eliminates pulsational instability at all masses.
Sastri V. K.
Stothers Richard
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