Extended Data Fig. 3: Eigenfunctions of m = − 2, l = 2 pseudomodes as a function of the width of the g mode cavity. | Nature Astronomy

Extended Data Fig. 3: Eigenfunctions of m = − 2, l = 2 pseudomodes as a function of the width of the g mode cavity.

From: A diffuse core in Saturn revealed by ring seismology

Extended Data Fig. 3

This is the sequence of interior models from Fig. 1, with our most likely model from the sample of Figs. 2-4 plotted in black. a, Brunt–Väisälä frequency as a function of radius. b-d, Gravitational potential perturbations associated with the three highest frequency pseudomodes in descending order. The identifications 2−2f and 2−2g2 hold for the best model (heavy black curves) but not necessarily others: moderate g mode cavity widths bring the modes in (c) and (d) farther away from an avoided crossing, causing the mode in (d) to become more like an f mode and (c) more like a g mode.

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