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On the Principal Asteroseismic Diagnostic Signatures

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Many stellar model calibrations against seismic data will utilize justthe so-called large and small frequency separations. In this report Iexplain in physical terms, based on resonance conditions forconstructive interference between simple waves,why those frequency separations depend on the variation of sound speedthrough the star in the manner in which they do. By so doing I hope toincrease appreciation of the nature of the stellar calibrations,and thereby provide a means for assessing the credibility of the results.

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  1. Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK

    Douglas Gough

  2. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EW, UK

    Douglas Gough

  3. Jila, University of Colorado and National Institute of Science and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, 80309, USA

    Douglas Gough

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Gough, D. On the Principal Asteroseismic Diagnostic Signatures. Astrophysics and Space Science 284, 165–185 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023275232004

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