A theoretical study of stellart pulsations in young brown dwarfs
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Date
2011
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This thesis reports the results of a twofold study on the recently proposed phenomenon of ‘stellar pulsations’ in young brown dwarfs by the seminal study of Palla and Baraffe (2005) (PB05, thereafter). The PB05 study presents results of a non-adiabatic linear stability analysis showing that young brown dwarfs should become pulsationally unstable during the deuterium burning phase of their evolution.
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Magister Scientiae - Msc
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Brown dwarfs, Very low mass stars, Pulsation equations, Perturbation equations, Work integrals, Viscosity, Turbulent pressure, Free parameters