Modelling of the fast rotating delta Scuti star Altair
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We present an asteroseismic study of the fast rotating star HD187642 (Altair), recently discovered to be a delta Scuti pulsator. We have computed models taking into account rotation for increasing rotational velocities. We investigate the relation between the fundamental radial mode and the first overtone in the framework of Petersen diagrams. The effects of rotation on such diagrams, which become important at rotational velocities above 150 km/s, as well as the domain of validity of our seismic tools are discussed. We also investigate the radial and non-radial modes in order to constrain models fitting the five most dominant observed oscillation modes.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0503355,
title = {Modelling of the fast rotating delta Scuti star Altair},
author = {J. C. Suarez and H. Bruntt and D. Buzasi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0503355},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in A&A (11 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables)