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A Spectral element method to compute Earth's free core nutation
  • Mian Zhang,
  • Chengli Huang
Mian Zhang
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (CAS)

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Chengli Huang
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (CAS)
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Abstract

The Free Core Nutation (FCN) is a rotational mode related to non-alignment of the rotation axis of the core and of the mantle. There is a big gap between the observed FCN period (about 430 Sidereal days) and the theoretically calculated period (ranging from 450 Sd to 470 Sd). We propose a spectral element method to compute the period of FCN and obtain a good result, which is $437$ Sd. {\bf Keywords: } FCN, Spectral Element Method