On the challenging variability of LS IV-14°116: pulsational instabilities excited by the ε-mechanism

Details On the challenging variability of LS IV-14°116: pulsational instabilities excited by the ε-mechanism On the challenging variability of LS IV-14°116: pulsational instabilities excited by the ε-mechanism

2011-09-22

arxiv.org/abs/1109.4943v1

2011, ApJ, 741, L3

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

4 figures, 1 table, 4 pages, Accepted for publication in ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1088/2041-8205/741/1/L3

We investigate the pulsation driving mechanism responsible for the long-period photometric variations observed in LS IV-14{\deg}116, a subdwarf B star showing a He-enriched atmospheric composition. To this end, we perform detailed nonadiabatic pulsation computations over fully evolutionary post He-core-flash stellar structure models, appropriate for hot subdwarf stars at evolutionary phases previous to the He-core burning stage. We found that the variability of LS IV-14{\deg}116 can be attributed to nonradial g-mode pulsations excited by the {\epsilon}-mechanism acting in the He-burning shells that appear before the star settles on the He-core burning stage. Even more interestingly, our results show that LS IV-14{\deg}116 could be the first known pulsating star in which the {\epsilon}-mechanism of mode excitation is operating. Last but not least, we find that the period range of destabilized modes is sensitive to the exact location of the burning shell, something that might help to distinguish between the different evolutionary scenarios proposed for the formation of this star.

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