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Florida Institute of Technology

2002

Stars: Oscillations

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The Temporal Spectrum Of The Sdb Pulsating Star Hs 2201+2610 At 2 Ms Resolution, R Silvotti, T D. Oswalt, Nicole M. Silvestri, Glenn Carlson Jan 2002

The Temporal Spectrum Of The Sdb Pulsating Star Hs 2201+2610 At 2 Ms Resolution, R Silvotti, T D. Oswalt, Nicole M. Silvestri, Glenn Carlson

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

In this article we present the results of more than 180 hours of time-series photometry on the low gravity (log g = 5.4, Teff = 29 300 K, log He/H = -3.0 by number) sdB pulsating star HS 2201+2610, obtained between September 2000 and August 2001. The temporal spectrum is resolved and shows 5 close frequencies: three main signals at 2860.94, 2824.10 and 2880.69 μHz, with amplitudes of about 1%, 0.5% and 0.1% respectively, are detected from single run observations; two further peaks with very low amplitude (<0.07%) at 2738.01 and 2921.82 μHz are confirmed by phase analysis on several independent runs. Due to the small number of detected frequencies, it is not possible to obtain a univocal identification of the excited modes and perform a detailed seismological analysis of the star. No clear signatures of rotational splitting are seen. Nevertheless, the observed period spectrum is well inside the excited period window obtained from pulsation calculations with nonadiabatic models having effective temperature and surface gravity close to the spectroscopic estimates. Due to its relatively simple temporal spectrum, HS 2201+2610 is a very good candidate for trying to measure the secular variation of the pulsation periods in time. With this purpose a long-term monitoring of the star was started. The results of the first 11 months show amplitude variations up to ∼20% on time-scales of months, which are probably real, and allow us to measure the pulsation frequencies with an unprecedented 0.02 μHz resolution.


Asteroseismology Of Rxj 2117+3412, The Hottest Pulsating Pg 1159 Star, G Vauclair, Matt A. Wood Jan 2002

Asteroseismology Of Rxj 2117+3412, The Hottest Pulsating Pg 1159 Star, G Vauclair, Matt A. Wood

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

The pulsating PG 1159 planetary nebula central star RXJ 2117+3412 has been observed over three successive seasons of a multisite photometric campaign. The asteroseismological analysis of the data, based on the 37 identified ℓ = 1 modes among the 48 independent pulsation frequencies detected in the power spectrum, leads to the derivation of the rotational splitting, the period spacing and the mode trapping cycle and amplitude, from which a number of fundamental parameters can be deduced. The average rotation period is 1.16 ± 0.05 days. The trend for the rotational splitting to decrease with increasing periods is incompatible with a …