Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-31
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.379:1498-1506,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
accepted for publication in MNRAS; revision v2 : broken references have been fixed
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12042.x
Highly precise and nearly uninterrupted optical photometry of the RR Lyrae star AQ Leo was obtained with the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) satellite over 34.4 days in February-March 2005. AQ Leo was the first known double-mode RR Lyrae pulsator (RRd star). Three decades after its discovery, MOST observations have revealed that AQ Leo oscillates with at least 42 frequencies, of which 32 are linear combinations (up to the sixth order) of the radial fundamental mode and its first overtone. Evidence for period changes of these modes is found in the data. The other intrinsic frequencies may represent an additional nonradial pulsation mode and its harmonics (plus linear combinations) which warrant theoretical modeling. The unprecedented number of frequencies detected with amplitudes down to millimag precision also presents an opportunity to test nonlinear theories of mode growth and saturation in RR Lyrae pulsators.
Cameron Chris
Gruberbauer Michael
Guenther David B.
Huber Daniel
Kallinger Thomas
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