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Härm–Schwarzschild instability

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Branch of physics Astrophysics Stellar astrophysics Stellar evolution Asymptotic giant branch Thermal pulse of an asymptotic-giant-branch star
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The Härm–Schwarzschild instability is the thin-shell thermal instability of helium burning in an asymptotic-giant-branch star. Heating greatly raises the nuclear rate while the geometrically thin shell initially expands too little to provide stabilizing cooling.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / iii / Paper 317 / 1 / iv / Solution

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