Issue |
A&A
Volume 506, Number 1, October IV 2009
The CoRoT space mission: early results
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Page(s) | 183 - 188 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911914 | |
Published online | 04 June 2009 |
Mode identification in rapidly rotating stars
1
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK e-mail: D.Reese@sheffield.ac.uk
2
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
Received:
20
February
2009
Accepted:
24
May
2009
Context. Recent calculations of pulsation modes in rapidly rotating polytropic models and models based on the Self-Consistent Field method have shown that the frequency spectrum of low degree pulsation modes can be described by an empirical formula similar to Tassoul's asymptotic formula, provided that the underlying rotation profile is not too differential.
Aims. Given the simplicity of this asymptotic formula, we investigate whether it can provide a means by which to identify pulsation modes in rapidly rotating stars.
Methods. We develop a new mode identification scheme which consists in scanning a multidimensional parameter space for the formula coefficients which yield the best-fitting asymptotic spectra. This mode identification scheme is then tested on artificial spectra based on the asymptotic formula, on random frequencies and on spectra based on full numerical eigenmode calculations for which the mode identification is known beforehand. We also investigate the effects of adding random frequencies to mimic the effects of chaotic modes which are also expected to show up in such stars.
Results. In the absence of chaotic modes, it is possible to accurately find a correct mode identification for most of the observed frequencies provided these frequencies are sufficiently close to their asymptotic values. The addition of random frequencies can very quickly become problematic and hinder correct mode identification. Modifying the mode identification scheme to reject the worst fitting modes can bring some improvement but the results still remain poorer than in the case without chaotic modes.
Key words: stars: oscillations / stars: rotation
© ESO, 2009
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