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Possible Sources of Instability in Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. Ledoux
P. Ledoux*
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique, Cointe-Sclessin, Belgium

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The most immediate purpose of the study of stellar stability is to discover the sources of incipient instability which must be responsible for the observed variability of a great number of stars.

Type
VI. Physical Sources Causing Instability
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 3: Non-Stable Stars , 1957 , pp. 186 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957 

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