Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-12-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables. To be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20078646
An asteroseismological study of PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Vir variable stars, has been performed on the basis of detailed and full PG1159 evolutionary models presented by Miller Bertolami & Althaus (2006). We carried out extensive computations of adiabatic g-mode pulsation periods on PG1159 evolutionary models with stellar masses spanning the range 0.530 to 0.741 Mo. We derive a stellar mass in the range 0.56-0.59 Mo from the period-spacing data alone. We also find, on the basis of a period-fit procedure, a seismic model representative of PG 1159-035 that reproduces the observed period pattern with an average of the period differences of 0.64-1.03 s, consistent with the expected model uncertainties. The results of the period-fit analysis carried out in this work suggest that the surface gravity of PG 1159-035 would be 1 sigma larger than the spectroscopically inferred gravity. For our best-fit model of PG 1159-035, all of the pulsation modes are characterized by positive rates of period changes, at odds with the measurements by Costa & Kepler (2007).
Althaus Leandro G.
Corsico Alejandro Hugo
Costa J. E. S.
Kepler S. O.
Miller Bertolami Marcelo M.
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