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Nonradial and radial oscillations observed in non-emission line OB dwarfs and giants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Dietrich Baade*
Affiliation:
The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility, European Southern Observatory Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-8046 Garching, W. Germany

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Only a decade ago, this talk could have concerned only the β Cephei stars which however populate a much more precisely defined strip in the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram (MED). But recent reconnaissance surveys (Smith 1977; Smith and Penrod 1984; Waelkens and Rufener 1985; Baade, in preparation) show that perhaps only one, if any, sizeable region of the upper HRD is devoid of nonradially pulsating stars. The identification of the driving mechanism is still pending (cf. the parallel talk by Osaki), and apparently our knowledge about the internal structure of OB stars is incomplete. But, turning that argument around, it also is indicative of how much may be learned about OB stars from and through the solution of that fundamental problem. This seismologial potential, the ubiquity of the phenomenon, and the effect, as suggested by recent observations of some stars, of the pulsations on the mass loss of OB stars make the oscillations of OB stars one of the most important problems of current astrophysics. On the observational side, rotationally broadened spectral lines, large amplitudes, comparatively long periods, and high luminosities permit information to be gathered which otherwise is accessible only for the sun.

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Joint Discussions
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Copyright © Reidel 1986

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