Non-radial oscillation modes with long lifetimes in giant stars

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7245, 2009, Pages 398-400

  De Ridder, Joris ^a   Barban, Caroline ^b   Baudin, Frédéric ^c   Carrier, Fabien ^a   Hatzes, Artie P ^d   Hekker, Saskia ^a,b   Kallinger, Thomas ^e   Weiss, Werner W ^e   Baglin, Annie ^b   Auvergne, Michel ^b   Samadi, Réza ^b   Barge, Pierre ^f   Deleuil, Magali ^f  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d Thuringer Landessternwarte   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; TIME SERIES;

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIFESPAN; NOISE; OSCILLATION; PHOTOMETRY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 66249140565     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08022     Document Type: Article

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