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Amplitude and frequency modulation of super-Nyquist frequency from Kepler photometric sampling

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2021-03-09 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

We present a simulation showing that super-Nyquist frequencies may have periodic amplitude and frequency modulations, even if actually stable, in time series sampled like the Kepler data. These modulations are caused by the barycentric time correction, which destroys the evenly spaced time measurements, making the Nyquist frequency variable over the spacecraft orbit around the Sun. These modulations can easily be identified in pulsating stars from Kepler's photometric data.

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@article{arxiv.2103.04713,
  title  = {Amplitude and frequency modulation of super-Nyquist frequency from Kepler photometric sampling},
  author = {Weikai Zong and Stéphane Charpinet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.04713},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Published in RNAAS, 2 pages, 1 figure