Effective-potential stratification coefficient

ID: effective-potential-stratification-coefficient

For barotropic equilibrium , this coefficient equals . It weights displacement across effective-potential surfaces in the Cowling energy principle for a rotating barotropic star. Its sign distinguishes stabilizing from destabilizing buoyancy there. It is not itself a squared frequency: the physical local buoyancy-frequency square contains an additional factor .

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