[mesa-users] [GYRE] Interpretation of xi_r

[RICHARD H D TOWNSEND]

As an addendum to Alfred’s remarks: the eigenfunctions written out by GYRE are normalized so that the total oscillation energy (in units of GM^2/R) is 1. This, of course, is completely arbitrary!

cheers,

Rich

> On Apr 4, 2016, at 8:59 AM, alfred at gautschy.ch wrote:
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> Apparently, my answer was too convolved. To make it explicit: A xi_r  
> of 600  does *NOT* mean 600R_* displacement.  As stated in the second  
> to the last sentence of the first reply: " .. you are free to choose  
> the normalization of your solution ..."
> 
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