- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/809/134
- Title:
- delta Orionis Aa. III. Radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/809/134
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on both high-precision photometry from the Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope and ground-based spectroscopy of the triple system {delta} Ori A, consisting of a binary O9.5II+early-B (Aa1 and Aa2) with P=5.7days, and a more distant tertiary (O9IV P>400 years). This data was collected in concert with X-ray spectroscopy from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Thanks to continuous coverage for three weeks, the MOST light curve reveals clear eclipses between Aa1 and Aa2 for the first time in non-phased data. From the spectroscopy, we have a well-constrained radial velocity (RV) curve of Aa1. While we are unable to recover RV variations of the secondary star, we are able to constrain several fundamental parameters of this system and determine an approximate mass of the primary using apsidal motion. We also detected second order modulations at 12 separate frequencies with spacings indicative of tidally influenced oscillations. These spacings have never been seen in a massive binary, making this system one of only a handful of such binaries that show evidence for tidally induced pulsations.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/106/21
- Title:
- Delta Sct stars: a new revised list
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/106/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An extensive and up to date list of delta Sct stars is presented. This catalogue is intended to be a comprehensive review of observational characteristics of all the delta Sct stars known until now, including stars contained in earlier catalogues together with other new discovered variables, covering information published until November 1993. Global information in the form of histograms and diagrams are also shown.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/129/9
- Title:
- Delta Sct stars in Praesepe
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/129/9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Photoelectric photometry of seven Delta Scuti stars in Praesepe was secured. Three of them were observed simultaneously at observatories located at different longitudes. Period analysis has been carried out for each star with different computing packages and the results compared to those in the literature. Their physical characteristics have been determined from the Stromgren photometry and theoretical and empirical calibrations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JAD/24.1
- Title:
- Delta Scuti Network photometric data. 4 CVn
- Short Name:
- J/other/JAD/24.1
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Nearly 1000 nights of high-precision photometry of the delta Scuti variable 4 CVn were obtained from 1966 to 2012. These data led to the discovery of 64+ frequencies of pulsation together with systematic changes in amplitudes and small period changes on a timescale of decades. This paper presents the previously unpublished data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/475/478
- Title:
- delta Scuti pulsating stars LAMOST views
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/475/478
- Date:
- 07 Dec 2021 13:11:57
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- About 766 {delta} Scuti stars were observed by LAMOST by 2017 June 16. Stellar atmospheric parameters of 525 variables were determined, while spectral types were obtained for all samples. In the paper, those spectroscopic data are catalogued. We detect a group of 131 unusual and cool variable stars (UCVs) that are distinguished from the normal {delta} Scuti stars (NDSTs). On the H-R diagram and the logg-T diagram, the UCVs are far beyond the red edge of pulsational instability trip. Their effective temperatures are lower than 6700K with periods in the range from 0.09 to 0.22d. NDSTs have metallicity close to that of the Sun as expected, while UCVs are slightly metal poor than NDSTs. The two peaks on the distributions of the period and stellar atmospheric parameters are all caused by the existence of UCVs. When those UCVs are excluded, it is discovered that the effective temperature, the gravitational acceleration, and the metallicity all are correlated with the pulsating period for NDSTs and their physical properties and evolutionary states are discussed. Detection of those UCVs indicates that about 25 per cent of the known {delta} Scuti stars may be misclassified. However, if some of them are confirmed to be pulsating stars, they will be a new-type pulsator and their investigations will shed light on theoretical instability domains and on the theories of interacting between the pulsation and the convection of solar-type stars. Meanwhile, 88 {delta} Scuti stars are detected to be the candidates of binary or multiple systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/122/131
- Title:
- Delta Scuti rotational velocities and Teff
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/122/131
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Projected rotational velocities and effective temperatures for 68 delta Sct stars as well as 41 non-variable stars of similar spectral type and luminosity are presented here. The observations were performed between 1990 and 1994 at two different observatories: the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Spain) and the McDonald Observatory (Texas, USA).
4317. Delta Scuti stars
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/144/469
- Title:
- Delta Scuti stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/144/469
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An extensive and up-dated list of {delta} Sct stars is presented here. More than 500 papers, published during the last few years, have been revised and 341 new variables have been added to our last list, six years ago. This catalogue is intended to be a comprehensive review on the observational characteristics of all the {delta} Sct stars known until now, including stars contained in earlier catalogues together with other new discovered variables, covering information published until January 2000. In summary, 636 variables, 1149 references and 182 individual notes are presented in this new list.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/2491
- Title:
- delta Scuti stars seismic and physical observables
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/471/2491
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Asteroseismology is witnessing a revolution, thanks to high-precise asteroseismic space data (MOST, COROT, Kepler, BRITE) and their large ground-based follow-up programs. Those instruments have provided an unprecedented large amount of information, which allows us to scrutinize its statistical properties in the quest for hidden relations among pulsational and/or physical observables. This approach might be particularly useful for stars whose pulsation content is difficult to interpret. This is the case of intermediate-mass classical pulsating stars (i.e. {gamma} Dor, {delta} Scuti, hybrids) for which current theories do not properly predict the observed oscillation spectra. Here, we establish a first step in finding such hidden relations from data mining techniques for these stars. We searched for those hidden relations in a sample of {delta} Scuti and hybrid stars observed by COROT and Kepler (74 and 153, respectively). No significant correlations between pairs of observables were found. However, two statistically significant correlations emerged from multivariable correlations in the observed seismic data, which describe the total number of observed frequencies and the largest one, respectively. Moreover, three different sets of stars were found to cluster according to their frequency density distribution. Such sets are in apparent agreement with the asteroseismic properties commonly accepted for A-F pulsating stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/614/A46
- Title:
- delta Scuti stars <Teff>-{nu}max relation
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/614/A46
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- CoRoT and Kepler high-precision photometric data allowed the detection and characterization of the oscillation parameters in stars other than the Sun. Moreover, thanks to the scaling relations, it is possible to estimate masses and radii for thousands of solar-type oscillating stars. Recently, a {Delta}{nu}-{rho} relation has been found for delta Scuti stars. Now, analysing several hundreds of this kind of stars observed with CoRoT and Kepler, we present an empiric relation between their frequency at maximum power of their oscillation spectra and their effective temperature. Such a relation can be explained with the help of the {kappa}-mechanism and the observed dispersion of the residuals is compatible with they being caused by the gravity-darkening effect.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/638/A59
- Title:
- delta Scuti stars with TESS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/638/A59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Thanks to high-precision photometric data legacy from space telescopes like CoRoT and Kepler, the scientific community could detect and characterize the power spectra of hundreds of thousands of stars. Using the scaling relations, it is possible to estimate masses and radii for solar-type pulsators. However, these stars are not the only kind of stellar objects that follow these rules: delta Scuti stars seem to be characterized with seismic indexes such as the large separation. Thanks to long-duration high-cadence TESS light curves, we analysed more than two thousand of this kind of classical pulsators. In that way, we propose the frequency at maximum power as a proper seismic index since it is directly related with the intrinsic temperature, mass and radius of the star. This parameter seems not to be affected by rotation, inclination, extinction or resonances, with the exception of the evolution of the stellar parameters. Furthermore, we can constrain rotation and inclination using the departure of temperature produced by the gravity-darkening effect. This is especially feasible for fast rotators as most of delta Scuti stars seem to be.