Precise surface gravities of δ Scuti stars from asteroseismology

Thework reported here demonstrates that it is possible to accurately determine surface gravities of δ Scuti (δ Sct) stars using the frequency content from high-precision photometry and a measurement of the parallax. Using a sample of 10 eclipsing binary systems with a δ Sct component and the unique...

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Autores: García Hernández, A., Suárez, Juan Carlos, Moya, A., Monteiro, Mario J.P.F.G., Guo, Z., Reese, D. R., Pascual Granado, J., Barceló Forteza, Sebastià, Martín-Ruiz, Susana, Garrido, Rafael, Nieto, J.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/375726
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/375726
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Binaries: eclipsing
Stars: oscillations
Stars: rotation
Stars: variables: δ Scuti
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Resumo:Thework reported here demonstrates that it is possible to accurately determine surface gravities of δ Scuti (δ Sct) stars using the frequency content from high-precision photometry and a measurement of the parallax. Using a sample of 10 eclipsing binary systems with a δ Sct component and the unique δ Sct star discovered with a transiting planet, WASP-33, we were able to refine the Δv-p relation. Using this relation and parallaxes, we obtained independent values for the masses and radii, allowing us to calculate the surface gravities without any constraints from spectroscopic or binary analysis. A remarkably good agreement was found between our results and those published, extracted from the analysis of the radial velocities and light curves of the systems. This reinforces the potential of Δv as a valuable observable for δ Sct stars and settles the degeneracy problem for the log g determination through spectroscopy. © 2017 The Authors.