Looking for a connection between the Am phenomenon and hybrid delta Sct - gamma Dor pulsation: a determination of the fundamental parameters and abundances of HD 114839 and BD +18 4914

Details Looking for a connection between the Am phenomenon and hybrid delta Sct - gamma Dor pulsation: a determination of the fundamental parameters and abundances of HD 114839 and BD +18 4914 Looking for a connection between the Am phenomenon and hybrid delta Sct - gamma Dor pulsation: a determination of the fundamental parameters and abundances of HD 114839 and BD +18 4914

2011-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/1109.2742v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

20 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in APJ

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Delta Sct - gamma Dor hybrids pulsate simultaneously in p- and g-modes, which carry information on the structure of the envelope as well as to the core. Hence they are key objects for investigating A and F type stars with asteroseismic techniques. An important requirement for seismic modeling are small errors in temperature, gravity and chemical composition. Furthermore, we want to investigate the existence of an abundance indicator typical for hybrids, something that is well established for the roAp stars. Previous to the present investigation, the abundance pattern of only one hybrid and another hybrid candidate has been published. We obtained high-resolution spectra of HD 114839 and BD +18 4914 using the SOPHIE spectrograph of the Observatoire de Haute-Provence and the HARPS spectrograph at ESO La Silla. For each star we determined fundamental parameters and photospheric abundances of 16 chemical elements by comparing synthetic spectra with the observations. We compare our results to that of seven delta Sct and nine gamma Dor stars. For the evolved BD +18 4914 we found an abundance pattern typical for an Am star, but could not confirm this peculiarity for the less evolved star HD 114839, which is classified in the literature as uncertain Am star. Our result supports the concept of evolved Am stars being unstable. With our investigation we nearly doubled the number of spectroscopically analyzed delta Sct - gamma Dor hybrid stars, but did not yet succeed in identifying a spectroscopic signature for this group of pulsating stars. A statistically significant spectroscopic investigation of delta Sct - gamma Dor hybrid stars still is missing, but would be rewarding considering the asteroseismological potential of this group.

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