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The rapidly pulsating radio sources may, after all, be vibrating white dwarfs. Calculations show that fundamental vibration periods for white dwarfs can be as low as ∼1.5 s.
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FAULKNER, J., GRIBBIN, J. Stability and Radial Vibration Periods of the Hamada–Salpeter White Dwarf Models. Nature 218, 734–736 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218734a0
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