Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-11-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
4 pages, 1 figure. To be published in Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings series (ASSP), in the proceedings of "20th St
Scientific paper
The Kepler spacecraft is providing photometric time series with micro-magnitude precision for thousands of variable stars. The continuous time-series of unprecedented time span open up opportunities to study the pulsational variability in much more detail than was previously possible from the ground. We present a first general characterization of the variability of A-F type stars as observed in the Kepler light curves of a sample of 750 candidate A-F type stars, and investigate the relation between gamma Doradus, delta Scuti, and hybrid stars. Our results imply an investigation of pulsation mechanisms to supplement the kappa mechanism and convective blocking effect to drive hybrid pulsations and suggest a revision of the current observational instability strips of delta Scuti and gamma Doradus stars if the currently available values of effective temperature and surface gravity will be confirmed.
Uytterhoeven Katrien
WG#10 KASC
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