The importance of radiative transfer in stellar pulsation models

Details The importance of radiative transfer in stellar pulsation models The importance of radiative transfer in stellar pulsation models

Dec 1993

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Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 210, no. 1-2, p. 325-327 (IAU Colloquium 134)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Opacity, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Models, Stellar Oscillations, Astrophysics, Cepheid Variables, Diffusion, Light Curve

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With the advent of new astrophysical opacities it seems appropriate to discuss the need for a full radiative transfer (RT) theory instead of the usual equilibrium diffusion theory used in most nonlinear pulsation codes. Early studies on the importance of RT in the calculation of light curves for Cepheid models showed little effect over diffusion theory. The new opacities though may help to explain the 'bump' mass discrepancy problem. For RR Lyrae models the use of RT theory causes some effects both in the color differences (U-B) as well as in the light curves. New opacities help to explain the period ratios for double mode RR Lyrae and beat Cepheids. A new area of research is in the modeling of stars with high luminosity to mass ratios that show tendencies for doubling and transitions to chaos, such as W Virginis and RV Tauri stars. For these stars it has been shown that RT is necessary in calculating their light curves and that the understanding of the shock dynamics depends on the transfer of lines in the pulsating RT dependent atmospheres (Fokin 1991).

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