30+ frequencies for the delta Scuti variable 4 Canum Venaticorum: results of the 1996 multisite campaign

Details 30+ frequencies for the delta Scuti variable 4 Canum Venaticorum: results of the 1996 multisite campaign 30+ frequencies for the delta Scuti variable 4 Canum Venaticorum: results of the 1996 multisite campaign

Sep 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999a%26a...349..225b&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.349, p.225-235 (1999)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

86

Stars: Variables: Delta Sct, Stars: Oscillations, Stars: Individual: Ai Cvn, Stars: Individual: 4 Cvn

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The evolved delta Scuti variable 4 CVn was observed photometrically for 53 nights on three continents. We found a total of 34 significant and 1 probable simultaneously excited frequencies. Of these, 16 can be identified as linear combinations of other frequencies. All significant frequencies outside the 4.5 to 10 cd(-1) (52 to 116 mu Hz) range can be identified with frequency combinations, f_i +/- f_j, of other modes with generally high amplitudes. There exists a number of closely spaced frequencies with separations of ~ 0.06 cd(-1) . This cannot be explained in terms of amplitude variability. The results show that even for stars on and above the main sequence other than the Sun, a very large number of simultaneously excited nonradial oscillations can be detected by conventional means. Since all pulsation modes with photometric amplitudes of 1 mmag or larger have now been detected for this star, a presently unknown mode selection mechanism must exist to select between the 1000+ of low-degree modes predicted to be excited for this (and many other) stars. Phase differences and amplitude ratios between the y and v colors are determined for the ten main modes. The phase differences indicate p_1 to p_4 modes of l = 1 for four of these modes. The formulae to determine the uncertainties in the amplitudes and phases of sinusoidal fits to observational data are derived in the Appendix.

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