We present a comprehensive analysis of BRITE photometry for 85 chemically peculiar stars, aimed at refining or determining their rotational periods. Utilizing a uniform Lomb-Scargle-based pipeline, we derived significant periods for 47 targets. A comparison with existing literature periods reveals generally good agreement, although several stars exhibit discrepant or previously unrecognized behavior. Notably, six targets display clear multiperiodicity, which, when combined with archival TESS data, suggests that these six candidates are likely misclassified, for example, as a magnetic CP2 or a CP4 star and instead exhibit characteristics consistent with a Be/shell star. Furthermore, eleven stars show no detectable periodic variations within the precision limits of BRITE. Our analysis demonstrates the effectiveness of long-term nanosatellite photometry, particularly when complemented by TESS data, in verifying catalogue periods, identifying multiperiodic behavior, and detecting potential misclassifications among bright CP stars.
@article{arxiv.2601.19782,
title = {Chemically peculiar stars investigated by the BRITE Mission},
author = {Teja Begari and Klaus Bernhard and Ernst Paunzen and Prapti Mondal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.19782},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
13 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society