 Convective overstability growth rate (source code)

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= Convective overstability growth rate
{title2=$\sigma=-\frac{N^2\beta}{2(\beta^2+\Omega^2)}$}

For $|N^2|\ll\Omega^2$, this leading amplitude-growth rate is largest at <thermal diffusion rate of a Fourier mode> $\beta=\Omega$, giving $\sigma_{\rm max}=-N^2/(4\Omega)$ when $N^2<0$.

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