The Pure Dipole Pulsation Mode of the Rapidly Oscillating Ap-Star Alpha-Circini - Determination of the Rotation Period and Evidence for Frequency Variability

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New, multisite observations of the rapidly oscillating Ap star a Cir (HR 5463, HD 128898) show that its principal pulsation mode is a pure oblique dipole mode with a frequency of 2442 Hz. A rotationally split triplet shows the rotation period to beProt = 4.463 * 0.010 d. Reanalysis of Johnson B data spanning the years 1981 to 1993 refines the rotation period to rot = 4.4790 t 0.0001 d. Four low-amplitude secondary frequencies are present, with separations that are multiples of 25 Hz. From this we suggest that Av0 =50 Hz. The asteroseismological luminosity inferred from this agrees with the luminosity determined independently from the parallax. The principal frequency in a Cir is variable. The available data suggest that this variability is cyclic on a time-scale of hundreds of days. Cyclic frequency variability appears to be the norm in rapidly oscillating Ap stars; since binary motion can be ruled out in some cases, and shown to be extremely unlikely in other cases, this frequency variability is intrinsic to these stars. Key words: stars: activity - stars: chemically peculiar - stars: individual: a Cir - stars: oscillations - stars: rotation - stars: variables: other.

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