12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Stellar perturbation via Lie derivatives.

14 Jul 2011, 11:15
15m
Acro2

Acro2

Oral Presentation Track D1 - Astrophysics APSS

Speaker

Dr Fabio Frescura (U Witwatersrand)

Description

Perturbation theory uses Lagrangian techniques that require vector fields to be compared at finitely separated points. This method can be generalised to the strong gravitational field regime in one of two ways, using either covariant or Lie derivatives. In this paper, I argue that those methods based on the Lie derivative are more useful. The Lie derivative provides a clear picture of how the deformation of the fluid flow takes place. It also provides a natural way to discuss large perturbations. I apply this method to some elementary stability problems in the study of stellar structure.

Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? No
Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? Research
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary author

Dr Fabio Frescura (U Witwatersrand)

Co-author

Dr Chris Engelbrecht (U Johannesburg)

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