Photometry and radial velocities of 16 Lac (Chapellier+, 1995)

Details Photometry and radial velocities of 16 Lac (Chapellier+, 1995) Photometry and radial velocities of 16 Lac (Chapellier+, 1995)

Jun 1995

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VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/A+A/304/406. Originally published in: 1995A&A...304..406C

Computer Science

Stars: Variable, Radial Velocities, Photometry

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Photometric and spectroscopic observations of the β Cephei star 16 Lacertae obtained in 1983 and 1984 are presented and analysed. Using all the published maxima we have computed ephemerides for each of the three pulsational modes. No period variation is detected from 1950 to 1983. In order to identify the pulsational modes corresponding to the three main periods of 16 Lac we have applied different methods based on photometric and radial velocity variations. All give the same results: the mode corresponding to the largest amplitude P1 (016917d) is radial, P2 (017079d) is a nonradial mode of degree l=2. For P3 (018171d) the results are more dubious, but P3 is probably a l=1 nonradial mode. We have also studied the interaction between pulsation and binarity in 16 Lac. We confirm the existence of a resonance phenomenon between the radial and nonradial modes: the ratios between the beat frequencies of the pulsational modes and the orbital frequency are close but significantly different from simple rational numbers. According to Kato (1974) that means that the nonradial modes might be excited or at least enhanced by tidal effects. They would have been selected among all the possible modes because their ability to be resonant with the radial mode. The photometric amplitude of P3 in both filters appears to be variable from night to night in correlation with the orbital phase but despite its rapid and irregular fluctuations, the P3 amplitude stayed in constant average over 80 years. The present observations confirm the decrease of P1 and P2 amplitudes since 1950 but an analysis of older radial velocity data shows that the amplitude of the P1 mode went through a maximum around the middle of the century before the observed decrease of the last thirty years. (2 data files).

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