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Pulsation Periods of Rotating White Dwarf Models

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For rapidly rotating white dwarfs, one fundamental axisymmetric mode may have a period of pulsation lower than 0.25 s.

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OSTRIKER, J., TASSOUL, JL. Pulsation Periods of Rotating White Dwarf Models. Nature 219, 577–579 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219577a0

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