scholarly journals Rotation of the convective core in γ Dor stars measured by dips in period spacings of g modes coupled with inertial modes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Saio ◽  
Masao Takata ◽  
Umin Lee ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Timothy Van Reeth
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Rotation Frequency ◽  
Composition Gradient ◽  
Pulsation Frequency ◽  
Resonant Coupling ◽  
Rotation Rates ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Spin Parameter ◽  
Convective Core ◽  
Rotating Star

Abstract The relation of period spacing (ΔP) versus period (P) of dipole prograde g modes is known to be useful to measure rotation rates in the g-mode cavity of rapidly rotating γ Dor and slowly pulsating B (SPB) stars. In a rapidly rotating star, an inertial mode in the convective core can resonantly couple with g modes propagative in the surrounding radiative region. The resonant coupling causes a dip in the P - ΔP relation, distinct from the modulations due to the chemical composition gradient. Such a resonance dip in ΔP of prograde dipole g modes appears around a frequency corresponding to a spin parameter 2frot(cc)/νco-rot ∼ 8 − 11 with frot(cc) being the rotation frequency of the convective core and νco-rot the pulsation frequency in the co-rotating frame. The spin parameter at the resonance depends somewhat on the extent of core overshooting, central hydrogen abundance, and other stellar parameters. We can fit the period at the observed dip with the prediction from prograde dipole g modes of a main-sequence model, allowing the convective core to rotate differentially from the surrounding g-mode cavity. We have performed such fittings for 16 selected γ Dor stars having well defined dips, and found that the majority of γ Dor stars we studied rotate nearly uniformly, while convective cores tend to rotate slightly faster than the g-mode cavity in less evolved stars.

scholarly journals Asteroseismology of evolved stars to constrain the internal transport of angular momentum

2019 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. A66 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Eggenberger ◽  
S. Deheuvels ◽  
A. Miglio ◽  
S. Ekström ◽  
C. Georgy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Red Giants ◽  
Rotation Rates ◽  
Giant Stars ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Surface Rotation ◽  
Red Giant ◽  
Internal Transport

Context. The observations of solar-like oscillations in evolved stars have brought important constraints on their internal rotation rates. To correctly reproduce these data, an efficient transport mechanism is needed in addition to the transport of angular momentum by meridional circulation and shear instability. The efficiency of this undetermined process is found to increase both with the mass and the evolutionary stage during the red giant phase. Aims. We study the efficiency of the transport of angular momentum during the subgiant phase. Methods. The efficiency of the unknown transport mechanism is determined during the subgiant phase by comparing rotating models computed with an additional corresponding viscosity to the asteroseismic measurements of both core and surface-rotation rates for six subgiants observed by the Kepler spacecraft. We then investigate the change in the efficiency of this transport of angular momentum with stellar mass and evolution during the subgiant phase. Results. The precise asteroseismic measurements of both core and surface-rotation rates available for the six Kepler targets enable a precise determination of the efficiency of the transport of angular momentum needed for each of these subgiants. These results are found to be insensitive to all the uncertainties related to the modelling of rotational effects before the post-main sequence (poMS) phase. An interesting exception in this context is the case of young subgiants (typical values of log(g) close to 4), because their rotational properties are sensitive to the degree of radial differential rotation on the main sequence (MS). These young subgiants constitute therefore perfect targets to constrain the transport of angular momentum on the MS from asteroseismic observations of evolved stars. As for red giants, we find that the efficiency of the additional transport process increases with the mass of the star during the subgiant phase. However, the efficiency of this undetermined mechanism decreases with evolution during the subgiant phase, contrary to what is found for red giants. Consequently, a transport process with an efficiency that increases with the degree of radial differential rotation cannot account for the core-rotation rates of subgiants, while it correctly reproduces the rotation rates of red giant stars. This suggests that the physical nature of the additional mechanism needed for the internal transport of angular momentum may be different in subgiant and red giant stars.

scholarly journals The Pennsylvania-Toruń search for planets around evolved stars with HET

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (S276) ◽  
pp. 445-447
Author(s):  
Andrzej Niedzielski ◽  
Alex Wolszczan ◽  
Grzegorz Nowak ◽  
Paweł Zieliński ◽  
Monika Adamów ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Brown Dwarf ◽  
Solar Mass ◽  
Rotation Rates ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Intermediate Mass Stars ◽  
Red Dwarfs ◽  
Formation And Evolution

AbstractSearches for planets around giants represent an essential complement to ’traditional’ surveys, because they furnish information about properties of planetary systems around stars that are the descendants of the A-F main sequence (MS) stars with masses as high as ~5 M⊙. As the stars evolve off the MS, their effective temperatures and rotation rates decrease to the point that their radial velocity variations can be measured with a few ms−1 precision. This offers an excellent opportunity to improve our understanding of the population of planets around stars that are significantly more massive than the Sun, without which it would be difficult to produce abroad, integrated picture of planet formation and evolution. Since 2001, about 30 such objects have been identified, including our five published HET detections (Niedzielski et al. 2007; Niedzielski et al. 2009a; Niedzielski et al. 2009b). Our work has produced the tightest orbit of a planet orbiting a K-giant identified so far (0.6 AU), and the first convincing evidence for a multiplanet system around such as star (Niedzielski et al. 2009a). Our most recent discoveries (Niedzielski et al. 2009b) have identified new multiplanet systems, including a very intriguing one of two brown dwarf-mass bodies orbiting a 2.8M⊙, K2 giant. This particular detection challenges the standard interpretation of the so-called brown dwarf desert known to exist in the case of solar-mass stars. Along with discoveries supplied by other groups, our work has substantially added to the emerging evidence that stellar mass positively correlates with masses of substellar companions, all the way from red dwarfs to intermediate-mass stars. We present current status and forthcoming results from the Pennsylvania-Toruń Search for Planets performed with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) since 2004.

scholarly journals Rotating convective core excites non-radial pulsations to cause rotational modulations in early-type stars

2020 ◽  
Vol 497 (4) ◽  
pp. 4117-4127
Author(s):  
Umin Lee ◽  
Hideyuki Saio
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Inertial Frame ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Rotation Frequency ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Main Sequence Stars ◽  
Convective Core ◽  
Resonance Coupling ◽  
Early Type Stars ◽  
Radial Pulsations

ABSTRACT We discuss low-frequency g modes excited by resonant couplings with weakly unstable oscillatory convective modes in the rotating convective core in early-type main-sequence stars. Our non-adiabatic pulsation analyses including the effect of Coriolis force for $2\, \mathrm{ M}_\odot$ main-sequence models show that if the convective core rotates slightly faster than the surrounding radiative layers, g modes in the radiative envelope are excited by a resonance coupling. The frequency of the excited g mode in the inertial frame is close to |mΩc| with m and Ωc being the azimuthal order of the g mode and the rotation frequency of the convective core, respectively. These g-mode frequencies are consistent with those of photometric rotational modulations and harmonics observed in many early-type main-sequence stars. In other words, these g modes provide a non-magnetic explanation for the rotational light modulations detected in many early-type main-sequence stars.

scholarly journals TESS Giants Transiting Giants. I.: A Noninflated Hot Jupiter Orbiting a Massive Subgiant

2022 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Nicholas Saunders ◽  
Samuel K. Grunblatt ◽  
Daniel Huber ◽  
Karen A. Collins ◽  
Eric L. N. Jensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Planetary System ◽  
Scattered Light ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Velocity Measurements ◽  
Main Sequence Stars ◽  
Transiting Planets ◽  
Depth Difference ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Hot Jupiter

Abstract While the population of confirmed exoplanets continues to grow, the sample of confirmed transiting planets around evolved stars is still limited. We present the discovery and confirmation of a hot Jupiter orbiting TOI-2184 (TIC 176956893), a massive evolved subgiant (M ⋆ = 1.53 ± 0.12 M ⊙, R ⋆ = 2.90 ± 0.14 R ⊙) in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Southern Continuous Viewing Zone. The planet was flagged as a false positive by the TESS Quick-Look Pipeline due to periodic systematics introducing a spurious depth difference between even and odd transits. Using a new pipeline to remove background scattered light in TESS Full Frame Image data, we combine space-based TESS photometry, ground-based photometry, and ground-based radial velocity measurements to report a planet radius of R p = 1.017 ± 0.051 R J and mass of M p = 0.65 ± 0.16 M J . For a planet so close to its star, the mass and radius of TOI-2184b are unusually well matched to those of Jupiter. We find that the radius of TOI-2184b is smaller than theoretically predicted based on its mass and incident flux, providing a valuable new constraint on the timescale of post-main-sequence planet inflation. The discovery of TOI-2184b demonstrates the feasibility of detecting planets around faint (TESS magnitude > 12) post-main-sequence stars and suggests that many more similar systems are waiting to be detected in the TESS FFIs, whose confirmation may elucidate the final stages of planetary system evolution.

scholarly journals A Search for Main-Sequence Binaries in Globular Clusters

1980 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 357-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha H. Liller
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Eclipsing Binaries ◽  
Cluster Center ◽  
Distance Modulus ◽  
List Type ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
Plate Material ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Visual Distance

It is becoming increasingly clear that no (or only one or two) binaries occur among the evolved stars in globular clusters. Therefore, if binaries exist at all in these systems, they must be found on or near the main sequence. I have chosen 6 clusters to search for faint eclipsing binaries by the following criteria: (1)the apparent visual distance modulus (Harris 1976) (m-M)V ≤ 14.5 mag;(2)the Peterson and King (1975) concentration class c ≤ 1.5, so that the search can be conducted near or at the cluster center where binaries would most likely be found; and(3)the galactic latitude is sufficiently large to avoid problems of extreme contamination by field stars. The clusters thus chosen are NGC3201, 5139 (Omega Cen), 6121 (M4), 6218 (M12), 6254 (M10), and 6809 (M55). The plate material obtained on three nights with the 4-m telescope at CTIO in 1979, consists of seven to nine plates of each cluster on IIIa-F emulsion with an RG610 filter; the search is being conducted with a blink microscope.

scholarly journals The Periods of RR Lyrae

1993 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 409-409
Author(s):  
Arthur N. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Giant Branch ◽  
Natural Mode ◽  
Composition Gradient ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Extensive Evaluation ◽  
Branch Model ◽  
Convective Core ◽  
Pure Helium ◽  
Nonradial Mode

AbstractRR Lyrae (0.566 day period) exhibits the Blasko effect that suggests another natural mode with almost the same period as the accepted fundamental radial mode. This mode might be nonradial, but no one has done an extensive evaluation of this idea. An investigation requires a model that includes the deep composition structure where g-modes of low angular (observable) degree have weight and amplitude. An RR Lyrae model including the outer half of the mass and more than 99% of the radius, based on an asymptotic giant branch model from Hollowell (private communication), see below, was used for this study. It includes composition gradient ramps between the primordial surface hydrogen and helium and the almost pure helium shell and the one between this helium shell and the convective core that is burning helium.Nonradial mode periods almost resonant with the radial fundamental mode period seem to occur for all low ℓ values. In addition to significant pulsation amplitudes in the composition gradient regions where the Brunt Väisälä frequency is large, these low degree and low radial order modes have near-surface amplitudes very similar to the low order radial modes. These modes are evanescent in the convective core. Classical K and γ effects give enough driving in the very low mass surface layers, so that important deep radiative damping for these modes does not completely stabilize nonradial g-mode pulsations. The g4, ℓ=1 mode gives a. double-mode RR Lyrae with Blasko effect.A nonradial mode may not always be visible, depending on how rotation presents the nonspherical pulsations to the observer. Thus the Blasko effect might come and go, as observed for maybe 20% of all RR Lyrae variables. For many, the Blasko effect may not be observable, even when a nonradial mode is there.

scholarly journals HD 42659: the only known roAp star in a spectroscopic binary observed with B photometry, TESS, and SALT

2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (3) ◽  
pp. 4063-4071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L Holdsworth ◽  
Hideyuki Saio ◽  
Donald W Kurtz
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Rotation Frequency ◽  
Close Binaries ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Pulsation Frequency ◽  
Orbital Parameters ◽  
Mode Amplitude ◽  
Photometric Observations ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Roap Star

ABSTRACT We present a multi-instrument analysis of the rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) star HD 42659. We have obtained B photometric data for this star and use these data, in conjunction with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) observations, to analyse the high-frequency pulsation in detail. We find a triplet that is split by the rotation frequency of the star (νrot = 0.3756 d−1; Prot = 2.66 d) and present both distorted dipole and distorted quadrupole mode models. We show that the pulsation frequency, 150.9898 d−1 (Ppuls = 9.54 min), is greater than the acoustic cut-off frequency. We utilize 27 high-resolution ($R\simeq 65\, 000$), high signal-to-noise ratio (∼120) spectra to provide new orbital parameters for this, the only known roAp star to be in a short-period binary (Porb = 93.266 d). We find the system to be more eccentric than previously thought, with e = 0.317, and suggest the companion is a mid-F to early-K star. We find no significant trend in the average pulsation mode amplitude with time, as measured by TESS, implying that the companion does not have an effect on the pulsation in this roAp star. We suggest further photometric observations of this star, and further studies to find more roAp stars in close binaries to characterize how binarity may affect the detection of roAp pulsations.

scholarly journals Masses of the components of SB2 binaries observed with Gaia – V. Accurate SB2 orbits for 10 binaries and masses of the components of 5 binaries

2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (2) ◽  
pp. 1355-1368
Author(s):  
J-L Halbwachs ◽  
F Kiefer ◽  
Y Lebreton ◽  
H M J Boffin ◽  
F Arenou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Binary Stars ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Spectroscopic Binaries ◽  
Orbital Elements ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Stellar Masses ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT Double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2s) are one of the main sources of stellar masses, as additional observations are only needed to give the inclinations of the orbital planes in order to obtain the individual masses of the components. For this reason, we are observing a selection of SB2s using the SOPHIE spectrograph at the Haute-Provence observatory in order to precisely determine their orbital elements. Our objective is to finally obtain masses with an accuracy of the order of one per cent by combining our radial velocity (RV) measurements and the astrometric measurements that will come from the Gaia satellite. We present here the RVs and the re-determined orbits of 10 SB2s. In order to verify the masses, we will derive from Gaia, we obtained interferometric measurements of the ESO VLTI for one of these SB2s. Adding the interferometric or speckle measurements already published by us or by others for four other stars, we finally obtain the masses of the components of five binary stars, with masses ranging from 0.51 to 2.2 solar masses, including main-sequence dwarfs and some more evolved stars whose location in the HR diagram has been estimated.

scholarly journals The Delta Scuti Star GX Pegasi: A Theoretical Investigation of its Power Spectrum

1993 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 181-183
Author(s):  
E. Michel ◽  
M. J. Goupil ◽  
Y. Lebreton ◽  
A. Baglin
Keyword(s):  
Power Spectrum ◽  
Theoretical Investigation ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Main Sequence Star ◽  
Mode Identification ◽  
Star Models ◽  
Convective Core ◽  
Scuti Star ◽  
Delta Scuti Star ◽  
Delta Scuti

Target of a STEPHI multisite campaign, the Delta Scuti star GX Pegasi has been found to oscillate with at least five simultaneous, close frequencies (table I).Mode identification together with informations about the star that such an identification can provide are outlined below (see also Michel et al, 1992b).The mode identification is carried out by means of a comparison between the observed frequencies and the adiabatic frequencies of models appropriate to this star. Models that match GX Peg’s position in a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram have masses in the range 1.9 – M⊙. When included, convective core overshoot is handled as in Maeder and Meynet (1989). According to these models, GX Peg is a rather evolved, main sequence star.

scholarly journals 35. Commission De La Constitution Des Etoiles

1950 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 367-368
Author(s):  
M. H. N. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Successive Approximations ◽  
Atomic Composition ◽  
The Past ◽  
Convective Core ◽  
Internal Constitution ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Present Summary ◽  
Mean Molecular Weight ◽  
Uniform Composition

The study of the internal constitution of the stars has advanced rapidly in the past few years, especially for those of the main sequence. The present summary is necessarily brief.For a star of uniform composition, whose interior is in radiative equilibrium, with or without a convective core, the constitution can be completely determined by successive approximations by quadratures, if there are given(a)the atomic composition(b)the equation of state, defining the mean molecular weight μ(c)the equation defining the opacity for the outflowing radiation(d)the equation defining the rate of liberation of energy per gram.

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