Bibcode
Reed, M. D.; Kawaler, S. D.; Zola, S.; Jiang, X. J.; Dreizler, S.; Schuh, S. L.; Deetjen, J. L.; Kalytis, R.; Meištas, E.; Janulis, R.; Ališauskas, D.; Krzesiński, J.; Vuckovic, M.; Moskalik, P.; Ogłoza, W.; Baran, A.; Stachowski, G.; Kurtz, D. W.; González Pérez, J. M.; Mukadam, A.; Watson, T. K.; Koen, C.; Bradley, P. A.; Cunha, M. S.; Kilic, M.; Klumpe, E. W.; Carlton, R. F.; Handler, G.; Kilkenny, D.; Riddle, R.; Dolez, N.; Vauclair, G.; Chevreton, M.; Wood, M. A.; Grauer, A.; Bromage, G.; Solheim, J. E.; Østensen, R.; Ulla, A.; Burleigh, M.; Good, S.; Hürkal, Ö.; Anderson, R.; Pakstiene, E.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 348, Issue 4, pp. 1164-1174.
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2004
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54
Refereed citations
43
Description
Since pulsating subdwarf B (sdBV or EC14026) stars were first
discovered, observational efforts have tried to realize their potential
for constraining the interior physics of extreme horizontal branch
stars. Difficulties encountered along the way include uncertain mode
identifications and a lack of stable pulsation mode properties. Here we
report on Feige 48, an sdBV star for which follow-up observations have
been obtained spanning more than four years. These observations show
some stable pulsation modes.
We resolve the temporal spectrum into five stable pulsation periods in
the range 340-380 s with amplitudes less than 1 per cent, and two
additional periods that appear in one data set each. The three largest
amplitude periodicities are nearly equally spaced, and we explore the
consequences of identifying them as a rotationally split l= 1 triplet by
consulting a representative stellar model.
The general stability of the pulsation amplitudes and phases allows us
to use the pulsation phases to constrain the time-scale of evolution for
this sdBV star. Additionally, we are able to place interesting limits on
any stellar or planetary companion to Feige 48.