>"Henri Wilson" <HW@....> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:43:42 +0100, "George Dishman"
>> <geo...@briar.demon.co.uk>
>> wrote:

>>>"Henri Wilson" <HW@....> wrote in message
>>>news:vfaaa3pv74ojps7lcnqorbf48k3jacav0m@4ax.com...
>>>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:09:15 +0100, "George Dishman"
>>>> <geo...@briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>"Henri Wilson" <HW@....> wrote in message
>>>>>news:ofn7a3l4mh0n2jsm3fbud35o3vol4rvuvk@4ax.com...

>>>>>> No doubt some star DO go 'huff-puff' and change temperature as they
>>>>>> do.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> never argued otherwise,..... even though there is no decent theory
>>>>>> linking
>>>>>> expansion with temperature change.

>>>>>ROFL! Henry, that's a classic. Can I take it you
>>>>>have never pumped up a bicycle tyre then :-)))))

>>>>>That you think you can get away with claiming a
>>>>>degree in physics and still come out with crap
>>>>>like that is quite astonishing.

>>>> What's' wrong with it?

>>>".. there is no decent theory linking expansion with
>>>temperature change."

>>>Have you never heard of adiabatic expansion?

>> When would expansion actually take place?

>While the radius is increasing. There's more
>involved of course, for example there is a lag
>in the curve due to H+ ionisation in layers
>nearer the surface.

>> The outer layers would hardly be
>> affected ..

>You should study some of the references I gave
>you, the outer layer is most affected. If you
>have looked at the physics of musical instruments
>as I think you claimed, you should know the
>difference between a standing wave in a closed
>pipe and an open one. The surface is unconstrained
>so is a node of maximum displacement.

>> so according to you and Jerry, the light from the heated parts well
>> below the surface wouldn't get through.

>>> http://chem.ufl.edu/~itl/4411L_f00/gamma/gamma.html

>>>Do you know how a fridge works?

>> Thermodynamics is my spciality.

>ROFL, quoting you from above: ".. there is no decent
>theory linking expansion with temperature change."

> :-)

>George