Issue |
A&A
Volume 579, July 2015
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Article Number | A116 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525734 | |
Published online | 10 July 2015 |
Pulsations of rapidly rotating stars
II. Realistic modelling for intermediate-mass stars
1 Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Department of Physics and AstronomyAarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
e-mail: rhita-maria.ouazzani@phys.au.dk
2 Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
3 Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique de l’Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 17, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Received: 26 January 2015
Accepted: 4 May 2015
Context. Very high precision seismic space missions such as CoRoT and Kepler provide the means for testing the modelling of transport processes in stellar interiors. For some stars, such as δ Scuti, γ Doradus, and Be stars, the observed pulsation spectra are modified by rotation to such an extent that it prevents any fruitful interpretation.
Aims. Our aim is to characterise acoustic pulsation spectra of realistic stellar models in order to be able to interpret asteroseismic data from such stars.
Methods. The 2D oscillation code ACOR, which treats rotation in a non-perturbative manner, is used to study pulsation spectra of highly distorted evolved models of stars. Two-dimensional models of stars are obtained by a self-consistent method that distorts spherically averaged stellar models a posteriori, at any stage of evolution, and for any type of rotation law.
Results. Four types of modes are calculated in a very dense frequency spectrum, among which are island modes. The regularity of the island modes spectrum is confirmed and yields a new set of quantum numbers, with which an échelle diagram can be built. Mixed gravito-acoustic modes are calculated in rapidly rotating models for the first time.
Key words: asteroseismology / stars: rotation / stars: variables: delta Scuti / stars: interiors / methods: numerical / stars: early-type
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