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The thermal-convective instability of a composite stellar atmosphere is considered in the presence of rotation, variable horizontal magnetic field, and collisional effects. The criteria for monotonic instability are obtained which generalize the criterion derived for thermal-convective instability in the absence of above effects.
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Sharma, R.C., Singh, B. Thermal-convective instability of a composite rotating stellar atmosphere in the presence of a variable magnetic field. Astrophys Space Sci 143, 241–247 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00637138
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