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Non-Linear Oscillations and Beats in the Beta Canis Majoris Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. S. Baranov*
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of USSR Academy of Sciences, 10, Kutuzov Quay, St. Petersburg, 191187

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Notwithstanding a great number of hypotheses, suggested for explaining superpositions of the light- and of the velocity variations of the ß Canis Majoris stars, no one of these does it satisfactorily. Possibly it is due to an inadequate elaboration of the non-linearly oscillation theory. Analysis and critical evaluation of the existing hypotheses are given by Mel’nikov and Popov (1970). Our explanation consists in existence of close frequencies corresponding to various oscillation modes which are non-linearly interacting.

Equations of motion of an ideal incompressible fluid under condition of preserving the equilibrium figure symmetry with respect to the equatorial plane (lateral oscillations) have the form (Baranov 1988):

Type
I. Fundamental Theories
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993

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