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伽玛Dor和δ Sct脉动不稳定区中非脉动星的出现:来自开普勒14-17季度数据的结果

The Occurrence of Non-Pulsating Stars in the gamma Dor and delta Sct Pulsation Instability Regions: Results from Kepler Quarter 14-17 Data

Joyce A. Guzik, Paul A. Bradley, Jason Jackiewicz, Joanna Molenda-Zakowicz, Katrien Uytterhoeven, Karen Kinemuchi

摘要:

在我们2013年的《天文评论》文章中,我们讨论了开普勒航天器在第6-13季度观测到的633颗微弱光谱型A-F恒星的变化统计。我们发现了6颗恒星,在0.2到24.4周/天的范围内,振幅为20 ppm或更大,但它们在log g-Teff图中的位置将它们置于开普勒之前地面观测建立的δ Sct或γ Dor脉动不稳定区域。在这里,我们提出了2137个额外的恒星在季度14-17期间观察到的结果,并找到34颗恒星位于不稳定区域。在论文I中,我们在开普勒输入星表Teff中加入了+229 K的偏移量,以考虑KIC值与主序星F星SDSS色测光得出的Teff之间的平均系统差异(Pinsonneault et al. 2012)。在这里,我们比较了KIC Teff值和LAMOST仪器(Molenda-Zakowicz et al. 2013,2014)对两个样本共有的54颗恒星的光谱得出的Teff。我们没有发现支持应用偏移的趋势,而是发现相对于KIC Teff的小的平均温度降低可能更适合于我们光谱类型范围内的恒星。如果忽略偏移量,我们的34颗恒星中只有17颗处于不稳定区域。对于LAMOST也观测到的两颗“恒定”恒星,LAMOST的Teff值比KIC的Teff值低几百K,这将使这些恒星脱离不稳定区域。如果能更精确地测定它们的Teff和log g,就有可能把其他一些“常数”恒星移出不稳定区。然而,如果考虑到Teff的平均(随机)误差,仍有15至52颗恒星可能存在于不稳定区域内。对这些“恒常”恒星的解释,无论是理论上还是观测上,都还有待研究。

英文摘要:

In our 2013 Astronomical Review article, we discussed the statistics of variability for 633 faint spectral type A-F stars observed by the Kepler spacecraft during Quarters 6-13. We found six stars that showed no variability with amplitude 20 ppm or greater in the range 0.2 to 24.4 cycles/day, but whose positions in the log g--Teff diagram place them in the delta Sct or gamma Dor pulsation instability regions established from pre-Kepler ground-based observations. Here we present results for 2137 additional stars observed during Quarters 14-17, and find 34 stars that lie within the instability regions. In Paper I, we included a +229 K offset to the Kepler Input Catalog Teff to take into account an average systematic difference between the KIC values and the Teff derived from SDSS color photometry for main-sequence F stars (Pinsonneault et al. 2012). Here we compare the KIC Teff value and the Teff derived from spectroscopy taken by the LAMOST instrument (Molenda-Zakowicz et al. 2013, 2014) for 54 stars common to both samples. We find no trend to support applying the offset, but instead find that a small average temperature decrease relative to the KIC Teff may be more appropriate for the stars in our spectral-type range. If the offset is omitted, only 17 of our 34 `constant' stars fall within the instability regions. For the two `constant' stars also observed by LAMOST, the LAMOST Teff values are cooler than the KIC Teff by several hundred K, and would move these stars out of the instability regions. It is possible that a more accurate determination of their Teff and log g would move some of the other `constant' stars out of the instability regions. However, if average (random) errors in Teff are taken into account, 15 to 52 stars may still persist within the instability regions. Explanations for these `constant' stars, both theoretical and observational, remain to be investigated.

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