Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-11-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A (Astronomy & Astrophysics)
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20054142
We perform a seismic study of the young massive $\beta $Cephei star HD 203664 with the goal to constrain its interior structure. Our study is based on a time series of 328 new Geneva 7-colour photometric data of the star spread over 496.8 days. The data confirm the frequency of the dominant mode of the star which we refine to $f_1=6.02885 $c d$^{-1}$. The mode has a large amplitude of 37 mmag in V and is unambiguously identified as a dipole mode ($\ell=2$) from its amplitude ratios and non-adiabatic computations. Besides $f_1$, we discover two additional new frequencies in the star with amplitudes above $4\sigma$: $f_2=6.82902 $c d$^{-1}$ and $f_3=4.81543 $c d$^{-1}$ or one of their daily aliases. The amplitudes of these two modes are only between 3 and 4 mmag which explains why they were not detected before. Their amplitude ratios are too uncertain for mode identification. We show that the observed oscillation spectrum of HD 203664 is compatible with standard stellar models but that we have insufficient information for asteroseismic inferences. Among the large-amplitude $\beta $Cephei stars, HD 203664 stands out as the only one rotating at a significant fraction of its critical rotation velocity ($\sim 40%$).
Aerts Christine
Davignon Geert
de Cat Peter
de Ridder Joris
Raskin Gert
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