Mode identification in rapidly rotating stars

Details Mode identification in rapidly rotating stars Mode identification in rapidly rotating stars

2009-05-29

arxiv.org/abs/0905.4889v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

7 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables (tables and figures in wrong order due to difficulties with LaTeX). Proceedings from the First Co

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Context: Recent calculations of pulsation modes in rapidly rotating polytropic models and models based on the Self-Consistent Field method (MacGregor et al. 2007) have shown that the frequency spectrum of low degree pulsation modes can be described by an empirical formula similar to Tassoul's asymptotic formula (Tassoul 1980), provided that the underlying rotation profile is not too differential (Lignieres & Georgeot 2008, Reese et al. 2009). Aims: Given the simplicity of this asymptotic formula, we investigate whether it can provide a means by which to identify pulsation modes in rapidly rotating stars. Methods: We develop a new mode identification scheme which consists in scanning a multidimensional parameter space for the formula coefficients which yield the best-fitting asymptotic spectra. This mode identification scheme is then tested on artificial spectra based on the asymptotic formula, on random frequencies and on spectra based on full numerical eigenmode calculations for which the mode identification is known beforehand. We also investigate the effects of adding random frequencies to mimic the effects of chaotic modes which are also expected to show up in such stars (Lignieres & Georgeot 2008).

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