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A Procedure For Two-Dimensional Asymptotic Rotational-Splitting Inversion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

T. Sekii
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHA, England
D.O. Gough
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHA, England

Abstract

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Rotational splitting Δω(n,l,m) of the eigenfrequencies of a star rotating with angular velocity Ω(r, θ) about a unique axis can be represented as a weighted integral of Ω over r and θ, (r, θ, φ) being spherical polar coordinates about the axis of rotation. For high-frequency acoustic modes, Δω/m collapses essentially to a function of ω — ω /(l+1/2) and M = m/(l + 1/2) alone, and the weighting kernel K(r,θ) becomes asymptotically degenerate, each factor being of essentially Abel type. Therefore, formally, the splitting integral can be inverted, once a procedure has been found for extending Δω over the domain of (ω, M) such that the turning points (rtt), given by (c(rt)/rt, sinωt) = (ω, M) where c is sound speed, span the star. Obtaining that representation is the most difficult stage of the inversion. We report on a procedure that treats the inverted two-dimensional Abel integral as a repeated double integral, representing the data successively along a set of parallel lines M =constant. The method is illustrated by an inversion of artificial data which is compared with the angular velocity from which those data were computed.

Type
VI. Asteroseismology: theory
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1993

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