Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-08-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, Latex, 4 .ps figures. to appear in Variable stars and the astrophysical return of microlensing surveys, ed R. Ferlet,
Scientific paper
Using CCD photometry obtained by the EROS collaboration in 1991-1993, we have discovered an LMC variable star with a light curve that is oscillating with a mean period of $\sim 14$ days and an amplitude of $\sim$ 0.3 mag. The oscillations appear with irregular amplitude variations. The Fourier spectrum shows that the pulsation of this star is phase locked between two modes of frequencies $f_0$ and 1.5$\times f_0$. Moreover, this object has strong $H \alpha$ and $H \beta$ emission lines and neutral lines of Helium that suggest a spectral type between late O and early B. In a preliminary analysis, we derive a luminosity of $ L=3.4-3.8L_\odot$ and an effective temperature in the range $\log(T_{eff}) =3.85-4.2$.
Beaulieu J.-Ph.
Buchler Robert
Goupil Marie Jo
Kolláth Zoltan
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