Convective instability of a uniform-density star
ID: convective-instability-of-a-uniform-density-star
A uniform-density perfect-gas sphere supported by decreasing pressure has buoyancy frequency squared in the interior. Its specific entropy decreases outward and adiabatic displacements are buoyantly unstable. For the nonradial polynomial family, the product of the two normalized squared mode frequencies is , displaying one growing branch even when radial compression modes are stable.
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