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Mode Determination by Fourier Analysis of Line-Profile Variations: Application to τ Peg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

E.J. Kennelly
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia
G.A.H. Walker
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia
W.J. Merryfield
Affiliation:
University of Victoria
J.M. Matthews
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal

Abstract

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The identification of modes of oscillation is an important first step towards the seismology of stars. Low- and high-degree nonradial modes of oscillation may appear as variations in the line profiles of rapidly rotating δ Scuti stars. We present a technique whereby complex patterns in the line profiles are decomposed into Fourier components in both time and “Doppler space”. The technique is applied to the 7.3-hour time series of high-resolution data obtained from CFHT for the δ Scuti star τ Peg. In addition to the low-degree mode which has been identified in photometric studies (Breger 1991), we find evidence for at least three high-degree modes near 11 and 15. Correcting for the rotation of the star, most of these modes appear to oscillate with frequencies near 17 cycles day-1. Our results are found to be in good agreement with the theoretical limits imposed on the frequencies of oscillation by the models of Dziembowski (1990).

Type
Stellar Seismology
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

References

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