Methods of finding quasi-normal modes of non-rotating relativistic stars have been well established, however, none of the existing treatments which take spacetime and fluid oscillations fully into account can determine modes of long decay time, e.g., the p and g mode series, or the f modes for stars with low compactness ratio (M/R). In this paper we show how the quasi-normal modes of long lifetime can be determined through refinements of a treatment originally due to Detweiler and Lindblom. The determination of the p mode series has been argued in the literature to have implication on the life time of gravitational wave sources and stellar stability. In this paper we 1) provide detailed steps in our treatment to facilitate future effort in this direction; 2) correct mistakes in the literature on the formulation; and 3) analyse the accuracy of the quasi-normal mode frequencies obtained and the limitations of the treatment.

The properties of an asymptotically flat spacetime with a mass and a magnetic dipole are studied. We focus on the breaking of spherical symmetry by the magnetic dipole. We investigate the geometry of the spacetime through the trajectories of null geodesics and the embedding diagrams of various hypersurfaces, included constant t and r surfaces and the infinite red shift surface. We find that the effects of the magnetic dipole on the spacetime are larger at the poles than on the equator.

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We examine the oscillation and collapse of a relativistic star, e.g., a proto-neutron star, with an equation of state (EOS) which is slowly changing as driven by, e.g., losing of thermal energy through radiations. We find that the frequency of the fundamental mode of oscillation (radial) will gradually increase then abruptly drop to zero when the star gets close to the point of instability. We also find that for a wide range of configurations on the unstable branch of equilibrium configurations, the collapse is dominated by one unstable mode.

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