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Stellar buoyancy frequency
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2026-09-28
In
a
spherically symmetric stellar
model
with inward
gravity
magnitude
g
, the squared
buoyancy frequency
is
N
2
=
g
(
γ
p
1
d
r
d
p
−
ρ
1
d
r
d
ρ
)
.
(1)
Positive
N
2
gives stable stratification. Regular central profiles have
g
=
O
(
r
)
and logarithmic
pressure
and
density
gradients
of order
r
, so
N
2
=
O
(
r
2
)
near the center.
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