We report results of spectroscopic and photometric observations of ten delta Scuti stars and one eclipsing binary in the open cluster NGC1817, and of ten delta Scuti stars and two other variables in the open cluster NGC7062. For all targets in NGC1817 and for three targets in NGC7062, the radial velocity and projected rotational velocity are determined. For all stars, the effective temperature and surface gravity is measured. Two delta Scuti stars, NGC1817-V1 and NGC7062-V1, and the eclipsing binary, NGC1817-V18, are discovered to be single-lined spectroscopic binaries. The eclipsing binary delta Scuti star NGC1817-V4 is discovered to be a double-lined spectroscopic binary. All delta Scuti stars which we observed spectroscopically are found to be moderate or fast rotators.
We review recent research on Delta Scuti stars from an observer's viewpoint. First, some signposts helping to lead the way through the Delta Scuti jungle are placed. Then, some problems in studying individual pulsators in the framework of asteroseismology are given before a view on how the study of these variables has benefited (or not) from past and present high-precision asteroseismic space missions is presented. Some possible pitfalls in the analysis of data with a large dynamical range in pulsational amplitudes are pointed out, and a strategy to optimize the outcome of asteroseismic studie…
We have performed a frequency analysis of 10,092 Delta Scuti-type stars detected in the fourth phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) towards the Galactic bulge, which is the most numerous homogeneous sample of Delta Scuti stars observed so far. The main goal was to search for stars pulsating in at least two radial modes simultaneously. We have found 3083 candidates for such stars, which is the largest set obtained to date. Among them, 2655 stars pulsate in two radial modes, 414 stars pulsate in three radial modes, and 14 stars pulsate in four radial modes at the same tim…
Identifying 850 delta Scuti pulsators in a narrow Gaia colour range with TESS 10-minute full-frame images
Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney（悉尼大学物理学院天体物理研究所）；School of Physics, University of New South Wales（新南威尔士大学物理学院）；UNSW Data Science Hub, University of New South Wales（新南威尔士大学数据科学中心）；Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai‘i（夏威夷大学天体物理研究所）；Centre for Astrophysics, University of Southern Queensland（南昆士兰大学天体物理学中心）
Revisiting bright delta Scuti stars and their period-luminosity relation with TESS and Gaia DR3
University of Pennsylvania（宾夕法尼亚大学）；Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney（悉尼大学物理学院天体物理研究所）；Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University（奥胡斯大学物理与天文系恒星天体物理中心）；Centre for Astrophysics, University of Southern Queensland（昆士兰南部大学天体物理中心）；Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai‘i（夏威夷大学天体物理研究所）
The role of turbulent pressure as a coherent pulsational driving mechanism: the case of the delta Scuti star HD 187547
HD 187547是第一个提出盾牌座δ恒星存在类似太阳振荡的候选恒星。然而，更长时间的观测表明，被解释为类似太阳振荡的模式要么具有非常长的模式寿命，超过960天，要么是相干的。这些结果是不相容的性质的“纯”随机激发观察到的类太阳恒星。尽管如此，有一点是肯定的：光是不透明度机制并不能解释HD 187547的振荡光谱。在这里，我们提出了新的理论研究表明，对流动力学本质上可以激发相干脉动的化学奇特的三角洲盾牌星HD 187547。更确切地说，是平均雷诺应力（湍流压力）的扰动驱动脉动，而激发主要发生在氢电离区。
New V-band CCD observations of variable star V2455 Cyg were performed during two nights in September 2017. According to all times of maximum light and new maxima, the O-C curve was analyzed. The period changes of V2455 Cyg were investigated and the rate of increasing period was obtained to be(1/p* dp/dt) = 1.99 *10^(-7) yr^(-1). Frequency analysis indicated that V2455 Cyg pulsates with the radial p-mode and the fundamental frequency is 10.61574 d^(-1). Physical parameters of V2455 Cyg at mean temperature, were determined (e.g, R = 2.52 R(sun) and M = 1.92 M(sun)). The position of this star in …
Strong interactions between g- and p-modes in the hybrid gamma Doradus-delta Scuti CoRoT star ID105733033
CoRoT ID 105733033是一个很好的例子，因为它显示了g-和p-模式几乎相似的振幅在两个明显不同的频域。经典的傅里叶分析可以检测振幅小至0.1毫微微格直至50 c/d的频率。CoRoT ID 105733033的频谱明显由两个不同的范围组成，这是剑鱼座γ和盾牌座δ脉动的典型特征。重点放在识别的线性组合和频率，由于伽马剑鱼座和三角洲盾牌模式之间的耦合。在[0.25;4]c/d的范围内，我们检测到198个γ剑鱼型频率，其中180个不是组合频率，其中24个由恒定的周期间隔Δ P=0.03074d分隔。根据渐近理论，这24个频率对应于一系列相同的el-度和不同的径向阶数n的g-模式。我们还检测到246个δ Scuti型频率在[10.1;63.4]c/d范围内。主振频率F=12.6759c/d为基径向振型。我们最值得注意的结果是，所有主要的伽马剑鱼频率f_i也被检测到在三角盾域作为F +- f_i与四倍小的振幅。一旦这些频率被删除，只有59可以被视为单独的盾牌座δ频率。g-和p-模式之间的耦合被提议作为探测太阳g-模式的工具，但这种耦合从未被观察到。我们目前的研究可能是有价值的输入理论研究，解决相互影响的g-和p-模腔和偏离经典理论。此外，我们确定了一个序列的g-模式属于同一个单元，但连续的订单n。
Thanks to relatively firm mode identification, possible based on period ratios only, High Amplitude Delta Scuti Stars pulsating in at least three radial modes are promising targets for asteroseismic inference. In this study we used the most numerous sample of HADS from the OGLE inner bulge fields that likely pulsate in either three or four radial modes simultaneously. We have computed a grid of pulsation models along evolutionary tracks and determined the physical parameters of stars by matching their pulsation periods and period ratios. For 176 HADS we determined physical parameters, i.e. mas…
delta Scuti variables are stars which exhibit periodic changes in their luminosity through radial and non-radial pulsations. Internally, these stars have relatively small convective cores, and convective overshoot can significantly affect the size. Recently, models of radial pulsation in delta Scuti stars found a strong correlation between the pulsation constant (Q) as a function of effective temperature and the amount of convective overshoot within the star. However, only models with metallicities of Z = 0.02 were examined, leaving the dependence of this relationship on chemical composition u…
The multi-color CCD photometric study of 27 Delta Scuti stars is presented. By using approximately three years of photometric observations, we obtained the times of maxima and magnitude changes during the observation time interval for each star. The ephemerides of our Delta Scuti stars were calculated based on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method using the observed times of maxima and the period of the stars' oscillations. We used the Gaia EDR3 parallaxes to calculate the luminosities and also the absolute magnitudes of these Delta Scuti stars. The fundamental physical parameters of all …
We have examined the period-luminosity (P-L) relation for delta Scuti stars using Gaia DR2 parallaxes. We included 228 stars from the catalogue of Rodriguez et al. (2000), as well as 1124 stars observed in the four-year Kepler mission. For each star we considered the dominant pulsation period, and used DR2 parallaxes and extinction corrections to determine absolute V magnitudes. Many stars fall along a sequence in the P-L relation coinciding with fundamental-mode pulsation, while others pulsate in shorter-period overtones. The latter stars tend to have higher effective temperatures, consistent…
Existence of pulsating stars in eclipsing binaries has been known for decades. These types of objects are extremely valuable systems for astronomical studies as they exhibit both eclipsing and pulsation variations. The eclipsing binaries are the only way to directly measure the mass and radius of stars with a good accuracy ($\leq$1\%), while the pulsations are a unique way to probe the stellar interior via oscillation frequencies. There are different types of pulsating stars existing in eclipsing binaries. One of them is the Delta Scuti variables. Currently, the known number of Delta Scuti sta…
In some delta Scuti stars, only one or two radial modes are excited (usually the fundamental mode and/or first overtone mode) and the observed peak-to-peak amplitudes exceed 0.3 mag (V). These stars are known as High Amplitude Delta Scuti (HADS) variables. We here present a detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the HADS star TYC 3637-1152-1. We have derived a metallicity close to solar, a spectral type of F4V and an age of log t = 9.1. Employing archival time series data from different sources, two frequencies f0 =10.034 c/d and f1 =12.681 c/d and their harmonics and linear combin…
We report the classification of 24 puzzling short-period variable stars located in OGLE-IV Galactic bulge fields. The stars are low-amplitude (<0.05 mag) multi-periodic objects with dominant periods between 22 and 54 min whose type could not have been unambiguously established based on photometry only. A low-resolution spectroscopic follow-up has shown that all the objects are main sequence A/F-type stars. Thus, all the variables are delta Sct-type pulsators. We have added them to the OGLE-IV Collection of Variable Stars.
F type stars are characterised by several physical processes such as different pulsation mechanisms, rotation, convection, diffusion, and magnetic fields. The rapidly rotating delta Scuti star beta Cas can be considered as a benchmark star to study the interaction of several of these effects. We investigate the pulsational and magnetic field properties of beta Cas. We also determine the star's apparent fundamental parameters and chemical abundances. Based on photometric time series obtained from three different space missions (BRITE-Constellation, SMEI, and TESS), we conduct a frequency analys…
Pulsating stars are remarkable objects for stellar astrophysics. Their pulsation frequencies allow us to probe the internal structure of stars. One of the most known groups of pulsating stars is $δ$ Scuti variables which could be used to understand the energy transfer mechanism in A-F type stars. Therefore, in the current study, we focused on the discovery of $δ$ Scuti stars. For this investigation, we followed some criteria. First, we inspected TESS database by eye and discovered some single stars that exhibit pulsation-like behaviour. Our second criterion is $T_{\rm eff}$ and $\log g$ range.…
The Identification of RR Lyrae and Delta Scuti Stars from Variable GALEX Ultraviolet Sources
我们确定的RR天琴座和三角洲盾牌（DSCT）星在三个目录的GALEX变量源。天琴座RR型星的NUV振幅大约是V波段的两倍，因此我们发现低振幅变星的比例比Abbas等人（2014）的目录更大。有趣的是，（NUV-V）_0颜色对金属丰度敏感，可以用来区分同一时期但不同的变量[Fe/H]。这种颜色也比光学颜色对T_eff更敏感，可以用来识别不稳定间隙的红色边缘。在Welsh等（2005）和Wheatley等（2008）的GALEX变星表中发现了8颗DSCT星、17颗RRc星、1颗RRd星和84颗RRab星。在Gezari et al（2013）的星表中，我们还将55颗GALEX变星中的6颗DSCT星、5颗RRc星和18颗RRab星归类为“恒星”或天琴座RR星。我们提供了以前不知道的26个变量的星历表和光变曲线。
Metallic-line A (Am) stars are main-sequence stars of around twice the mass of the Sun that show element abundance peculiarities in their spectra. The radiative levitation and diffusive settling processes responsible for these abundance anomalies should also deplete helium from the region of the envelope that drives delta Scuti pulsations. Therefore, these stars are not expected to be delta Scuti stars, which pulsate in multiple radial and nonradial modes with periods of around 2 hours. As part of the NASA TESS Guest Investigator Program, we proposed photometric observations in 2-minute cadenc…
