Multisite spectroscopic seismic study of the β Cep star V2052 Ophiuchi: inhibition of mixing by its magnetic field

Briquet, M.; Neiner, C.; Aerts, C.; Morel, T.; Mathis, S.; Reese, D. R.; Lehmann, H.; Costero, R.; Echevarria, J.; Handler, G.; Kambe, E.; Hirata, R.; Masuda, S.; Wright, D.; Yang, S.; Pintado, O.; Mkrtichian, D.; Lee, B. C.; Han, I.; Bruch, A.; De Cat, P.; Uytterhoeven, K.; Lefever, K.; Vanautgaerden, J.; de Batz, B.; Frémat, Y.; Henrichs, H.; Geers, V. C.; Martayan, C.; Hubert, A. M.; Thizy, O.; Tijani, A.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 427, Issue 1, pp. 483-493.

Fecha de publicación:
11
2012
Número de autores
32
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
82
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63
Descripción
We used extensive ground-based multisite and archival spectroscopy to derive observational constraints for a seismic modelling of the magnetic β Cep star V2052 Ophiuchi. The line-profile variability is dominated by a radial mode (f1 = 7.148 46 d-1) and by rotational modulation (Prot = 3.638 833 d). Two non-radial low-amplitude modes (f2 = 7.756 03 d-1 and f3 = 6.823 08 d-1) are also detected. The four periodicities that we found are the same as the ones discovered from a companion multisite photometric campaign and known in the literature. Using the photometric constraints on the degrees ℓ of the pulsation modes, we show that both f2 and f3 are prograde modes with (ℓ, m) = (4, 2) or (4, 3). These results allowed us to deduce ranges for the mass (M ∈ [8.2, 9.6] M&sun;) and central hydrogen abundance (Xc ∈ [0.25, 0.32]) of V2052 Oph, to identify the radial orders n1 = 1, n2 = -3 and n3 = -2, and to derive an equatorial rotation velocity veq ∈ [71, 75] km s-1. The model parameters are in full agreement with the effective temperature and surface gravity deduced from spectroscopy. Only models with no or mild core overshooting (αov ∈ [0, 0.15] local pressure scale heights) can account for the observed properties. Such a low overshooting is opposite to our previous modelling results for the non-magnetic β Cep star θ Oph having very similar parameters, except for a slower surface rotation rate. We discuss whether this result can be explained by the presence of a magnetic field in V2052 Oph that inhibits mixing in its interior.
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