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We present the results of time-series photometric analysis of 15106 A-K type stars observed by the Kepler space mission. We identified 513 new rotational variables and measured their starspot rotation periods as a function of spectral type…

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Findings of a few recent asteroseismic studies of the main-sequence pulsating stars, as performed in Wojciech Dziembowski's group in Warsaw and in Michel Breger's group in Vienna, are briefly presented and discussed. The selected objects…

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We review the main results obtained from our seismic studies of B-type main sequence pulsators, based on the ground-based, MOST, Kepler and BRITE observations. Important constraints on stellar opacities, convective overshooting and rotation…

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Based on 2-minute cadence TESS data from sectors 1-50, we report the results of the systematic extraction of $\delta$ Scuti-type pulsations in the 6431 eclipsing binaries with orbital periods shorter than 13 days. A total number of 242…

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We present here the results of our research for B-type pulsators in low metallicity environments, searching for short-term periodic variability in a large sample of B and Be stars in the Magellanic Clouds (MC), for which the fundamental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-26 P. D. Diago , J. Gutiérrez-Soto , J. Fabregat , C. Martayan

We present a total of 57 days of contiguous, high-cadence photometry (14 days in 2004 and 43 in 2005) of the star BD+18 4914 obtained with the MOST satellite. We detect 16 frequencies down to a signal-to-noise of 3.6 (amplitude \~ 0.5…

We present the results of the continuation of our magnetic survey with FORS1 at the VLT of a sample of B-type stars consisting of confirmed or candidate beta Cephei stars and Slowly Pulsating B (hereafter SPB) stars, along with a small…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Hubrig , M. Briquet , P. De Cat , M. Schoeller , T. Morel , I. Ilyin

We present a comprehensive analysis of five eclipsing binary systems containing $\beta$ Cephei-type pulsating components. These systems were identified using the high-precision Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) photometry and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-24 O. Cakirli , B. Hoyman , O. Ozdarcan , S. Bilir

Aims. We analyze the population of periodic variable stars in the open cluster NGC 3766 based on a 7-year multi-band monitoring campaign conducted on the 1.2 m Swiss Euler telescope at La Silla, Chili. Methods. The data reduction, light…

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We present a study of bright, young $\delta$ Scuti stars near the zero-age main sequence using TESS light curves and Gaia DR3 data. From a sample of 2041 stars with G<7 and $G_{BP}-G_{RP}$ colour in the range 0-0.6, we identified 444…

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We examine 4-yr almost continuous Kepler photometry of 115 B stars. We find that the light curves of 39 percent of these stars are simply described by a low-frequency sinusoid and its harmonic, usually with variable amplitudes, which we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-09 L. A. Balona , A. S. Baran , J. Daszynska-Daszkiewicz , P. De Cat

CONTEXT. The Lambda Bootis stars are a small spectroscopic subgroup of Population I A-type stars and show significant underabundances of metals. Many are Delta Scuti pulsators. AIMS. HD 210111 was selected for a detailed multisite pulsation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Breger , P. Beck , P. Lenz , L. Schmitzberger , E. Guggenberger , R. R. Shobbrook

We present the results of a spectroscopic multisite campaign for the beta Cephei star 12 (DD) Lacertae. Our study is based on more than thousand high-resolution high S/N spectra gathered with 8 different telescopes in a time span of 11…

Pulsation frequencies reveal the interior structures of white dwarf stars, shedding light on the properties of these compact objects that represent the final evolutionary stage of most stars. Two-minute cadence photometry from TESS will…

Tidally tilted pulsators (TTPs), whose pulsation axis aligns with the binary's semi-major axis, represent a newly established class of oscillators in binary systems. While all previously known TTPs are either $\delta$ Scuti or subdwarf…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Ping Li , Wen-Ping Liao , Sheng-Bang Qian , Li-Ying Zhu , Jia Zhang , Qi-Bin Sun , Fang-Bin Meng

The chemically peculiar (CP) stars HD 98851 and HD 102480 have been discovered to be unusual pulsators during the ``Naini Tal Cape Survey'' programme to search for pulsational variability in CP stars. Time series photometric and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Santosh Joshi , V. Girish , R. Sagar , D. W. Kurtz , P. Martinez , B. Kumar , S. Seetha , B. N. Ashoka , A. Zhou

The high accuracy of space data increased the number of the periodicities determined for pulsating variable stars, but the mode identification is still a critical point in the non-asymptotic regime. We use regularities in frequency spacings…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Paparo , Zs. Bognar , J. M. Benko , D. Gandolfi , A. Moya , J. C. Suarez , A. Sodor , M. Hareter , E. Poretti , E. W. Guenther , M. Auvergne , A. Baglin , W. W. Weiss

We present a pulsar candidate identification and confirmation procedure based on a position-switch mode during the pulsar search observations. This method enables the simultaneous search and confirmation of a pulsar in a single observation,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 Lei Qian , Zhichen Pan

We present the results of a new investigation aimed to identify the pulsational characteristics of the Southern $\beta$ Cephei star ALS 3721. Spectroscopic and multicolour photometric data were acquired at the South African Astronomical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-23 C. Ulusoy , E. Niemczura , B. Ulaş , T. Gülmez