Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-03-31
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 8 figures, accepted in A&A
Scientific paper
As most exoplanets host stars, HD 160691 (alias mu Ara) presents a metallicity excess in its spectrum compared to stars without detected planets. This excess may be primordial, in which case the star would be completely overmetallic, or it may be due to accretion in the early phases of planetary formation, in which case it would be overmetallic only in its outer layers. As discussed in a previous paper (Bazot and Vauclair 2004), seismology can help choosing between the two scenarios. This star was observed during eight nights with the spectrograph HARPS at La Silla Observatory. Forty three p-modes have been identified (Bouchy et al. 2005). In the present paper, we discuss the modelisation of this star. We computed stellar models iterated to present the same observable parameters (luminosity, effective temperature, outer chemical composition) while the internal structure was different according to the two extreme assumptions : original overmetallicity or accretion. We show that in any case the seismic constraints lead to models in complete agreement with the external parameters deduced from spectroscopy and from the Hipparcos parallax (L and Teff). We discuss the tests which may lead to a choice between the two typical scenarios. We show that the ``small separation'' seem to give a better fit for the accretion case than for the overmetallic case, but in spite of the very good data the uncertainties are still too large to conclude. We discuss the observations which would be needed to go further and solve this question.
Bazot Michael
Bouchy Florent
Santos Nuno Cardoso
Vauclair Sylvie
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