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Past exam of the kinetic theory course of the University of Oxford 2025 3 f i Solution by
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For , the detuning is . The Gaussian resonance broadening factor selects the corotation resonance, where the star's azimuthal frequency matches the pattern speed. The derivative driving the flux is just . In fact this contribution alone has the formA single Fourier series harmonic changes the action variables in the direction , because plus its conjugate. For this harmonic, : stars change angular momentum and shift their epicyclic guiding center without a leading-order increase of random radial motion. This is stellar radial migration driven by the corotation resonance. The resonance condition explains the absence of leading heating: at the corotation resonance.
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