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Deviations from a uniform period spacing of gravity modes in a massive star

Aerts, Conny; Miglio, Andrea; Bloemen, Steven +13 more

The life of a star is dominantly determined by the physical processes in the stellar interior. Unfortunately, we still have a poor understanding of how the stellar gas mixes near the stellar core, preventing precise predictions of stellar evolution. The unknown nature of the mixing processes as well as the extent of the central mixed region is par…