Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-01-08
Astrophys.Space Sci. 291 (2004) 387-394
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 3 figures; paper presented at Keele Workshop on Extreme Horizontal Branch Stars and Related Objects, June 2003 (ed. P
Scientific paper
10.1023/B:ASTR.0000044349.20839.
Horizontal branch stars should show significant differential rotation with depth. Models that assume systematic angular momentum exchange in the convective envelope and local conservation of angular momentum in the core produce HB models that preserve a rapidly rotating core. A direct probe of core rotation is available. The nonradial pulsations of the EC14026 stars frequently show rich pulsation spectra. Thus their pulsations probe the internal rotation of these stars, and should show the effects of rapid rotation in their cores. Using models of sdB stars that include angular momentum evolution, we explore this possibility and show that some of the sdB pulsators may indeed have rapidly rotating cores.
Hostler Shelbi R.
Kawaler Steven D.
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