Kepler {delta} Sct stars amplitude modulation Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Bowman D.M.
  2. Kurtz D.W.
  3. Breger M.
  4. Murphy S.J.
  5. Holdsworth D.L.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the results of a thorough search for amplitude modulation of pulsation modes in 983 {delta} Sct stars, which have effective temperatures between 6400<T_eff_<10000K in the Kepler Input Catalogue and were continuously observed by the Kepler Space Telescope for 4yr. We demonstrate the diversity in pulsational behaviour observed, in particular non-linearity, which is predicted for {delta} Sct stars. We analyse and discuss examples of {delta} Sct stars with constant amplitudes and phases; those that exhibit amplitude modulation caused by beating of close-frequency pulsation modes; those that exhibit pure amplitude modulation (with no associated phase variation); those that exhibit phase modulation caused by binarity; and those that exhibit amplitude modulation caused by non-linearity. Using models and examples of individual stars, we demonstrate that observations of the changes in amplitude and phase of pulsation modes can be used to distinguish among the different scenarios. We find that 603 {delta} Sct stars (61.3 per cent) exhibit at least one pulsation mode that varies significantly in amplitude over 4yr. Conversely, many {delta} Sct stars have constant pulsation amplitudes so short-length observations can be used to determine precise frequencies, amplitudes and phases for the most coherent and periodic {delta} Sct stars. It is shown that amplitude modulation is not restricted to a small region on the HR diagram, therefore not necessarily dependent on stellar parameters such as T_eff_, logg or [Fe/H]. Our catalogue of 983 {delta} Sct stars will be useful for comparisons to similar stars observed by K2 and TESS, because the length of the 4-yr Kepler data set will not be surpassed for some time.

Keywords
  1. Variable stars
  2. A stars
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2016MNRAS.460.1970B
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2016-06-16T12:47:00Z
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2016-06-16T11:48:09Z
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2016-06-16T12:47:00Z
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