Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-07-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Scientific paper
10.1086/468186
We investigate the potential of multi-colour photometry for partial mode identification in both long- and short-period variable subdwarf B stars. The technique presented is based on the fact that the frequency dependence of an oscillation's amplitude and phase bears the signature of the mode's degree index l, among other things. Unknown contributing factors can be eliminated through the evaluation of the amplitude ratios and phase differences arising from the brightness variation in different wavebands, theoretically enabling the inference of the degree index from observations in two or more bandpasses. Employing a designated model atmosphere code, we calculate the brightness variation expected across the visible disk during a pulsation cycle in terms of temperature, radius, and surface gravity perturbations to the emergent flux for representative EC 14026 and PG 1716 star models. Nonadiabatic effects are considered in detail and found to be significant from nonadiabatic pulsation calculations applied to our state-of-the-art models of subdwarf B stars.
Bergeron Pierre
Brassard Pierre
Fontaine Gérard
Randall Suzanna K.
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