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Do red giants have short mode lifetimes?

D. Stello, H. Kjeldsen, T. R. Bedding, D. Buzasi

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0510506

Abstract

We show evidence that the red giant star ksi Hya has an oscillation mode lifetime, tau, of about 2 days significantly shorter than predicted by theory (tau = 17 days, Houdek & Gough 2002). If this is a general trend of red giants it would limit the prospects of asteroseismology on these stars because of poor coherence of the oscillations.

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