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The incidence of nonradial pulsation in the lambda Bootis stars

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We have completed a high-resolution, high-signal-to-noise, spectroscopic survey of the northern members of the peculiar lambda Boo stars in order to investigate the frequency of the incidence of nonradial pulsation (NRP) in these metal-deficient stars. Of 18 objects observed, 9 show conclusive evidence of NRP, which suggests that pulsation instability is a common phenomenon in the lambda Boo class.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9805227,
  title  = {The incidence of nonradial pulsation in the lambda Bootis stars},
  author = {D. A. Bohlender and J. -F. Gonzalez and J. M. Matthews},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9805227},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure, to appear in: Proc. of the 26th workshop of the European Working Group on CP stars, eds. P. North, A. Schnell and J. Ziznovsky, Contrib. Astr. Obs. Skalnate Pleso Vol. 27, No 3