Beta Cephei stars in the inner part of the Galaxy

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2005-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510073v1

Mem.Soc.Ast.It.77:342-343,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the "Stellar Pulsation and Evolution" conference, Monte Porzio Catone, Jun

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From the Fourier analysis of the catalogue of ~200,000 variable candidates in the OGLE-II Galactic fields, we found a sample of about 230 short-period low-amplitude variable stars. From their position in the colour-magnitude diagram and the observed periods (multiple in most cases), we identify the stars as a mixture of Beta Cephei and Delta Scuti stars. Beta Cephei stars from this sample are located in the Galactic disk at distances from 3 to 6 kpc. Many of them shows large range of the excited periods, an indication of high metallicity. We estimate that even a half of the sample of 230 short-period variables we found, can be Beta Cephei stars. The periods alone, however, are rarely sufficient to distinguish between both types of pulsators. We point out, how this can be done observationally.

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