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%Most modes observed are within
%The value of $\nu_{\rm max}$ is determined by the evolutionary state of the star, and on the RGB %more evolved stars generally have smaller $\nu_{\rm max}$.
Waves excited near the stellar surface propagate downward as acoustic waves until their angular frequency $\omega$ is less than the local Lamb frequency for waves of angular degree $\ell$, i.e., until $\omega =
L_l L_{\ell} =
\sqrt{l(l+1)} \sqrt{\ell(\ell+1)} c_s/r$, where $c_s$ is the local sound speed and $r$ is the radial coordinate. At this boundary, part of the wave flux is reflected, and part of it tunnels into the core.
The wave resumes propagating inward as a gravity wave in the radiative core where $\omega < N$, where $N$ is the local buoyancy frequency. In normal red giants, wave energy that tunnels into the core eventually tunnels back out to produce the observed oscillation modes.
%We show here that the visibility of suppressed modes can be explained if wave energy leaking into the core never returns to the stellar envelope.