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The CoRoT star ID100866999: a hybrid gamma Doradus - delta Scuti star in an eclipsing binary system
The presence of g- and p-modes allows testing stellar models from the core to
the envelope. Moreover, binarity in an eclipsing system constrains the physical
parameters of the pulsating star. CoRot ID 100866999 is a relatively
large-amplitude hybrid gDor - dSct star with two clearly distinct frequency
domains. The large number of detected frequencies allows a detailed study of
the interaction between them. In addition, we can derive the fundamental
parameters of both components from the study of the eclipsing light curve.
After removing the eclipsing phases, we analyzed the data with the Period04
package up to S/N=4. The light curve was then prewhitened with these
oscillation frequencies to derive the fundamental parameters of the two
components. The eclipsing light curve analysis results in a (1.8+1.1)\,Mo
system, both components being main sequence stars. We detect 124 frequencies
related to luminosity variations of the primary. They are present in two
well-separated domains: 89 frequencies in the interval [0.30;3.64]/d and 35 in
the interval [14.57; 33.96]/d. There are 22 gDor frequencies separated by a
constant period interval Delta P = 0.03493 d. These frequencies correspond to a
series of g-modes of degree ell=1 with successive radial orders k. We identify
21 linear combinations between the first nine gDor frequencies. The dSct domain
is dominated by a large-amplitude frequency F=16.9803 /d. The eight first gDor
frequencies f_i are present with much lower amplitude in the delta Scuti domain
as F +/- f_i. These interactions between g- and p-modes confirm the phenomenon
we detected in another CoRoT star. The amplitude and the phase of the main
frequency F shows a double-wave modulation along the orbital phase, giving rise
to series of combination frequencies. Such combination frequencies are also
detected, with lower amplitude, for the first gDor modes.Comment: Table 2 is available electronically from CD
Revisiting CoRoT RR Lyrae stars: detection of period doubling and temporal variation of additional frequencies
We search for signs of period doubling in CoRoT RR Lyrae stars. The
occurrence of this dynamical effect in modulated RR Lyrae stars might help us
to gain more information about the mysterious Blazhko effect. The temporal
variability of the additional frequencies in representatives of all subtypes of
RR Lyrae stars is also investigated. We pre-process CoRoT light curves by
applying trend and jump correction and outlier removal. Standard Fourier
technique is used to analyze the frequency content of our targets and follow
the time dependent phenomena. The most comprehensive collection of CoRoT RR
Lyrae stars, including new discoveries is presented and analyzed. We found
alternating maxima and in some cases half-integer frequencies in four CoRoT
Blazhko RR Lyrae stars, as clear signs of the presence of period doubling. This
reinforces that period doubling is an important ingredient to understand the
Blazhko effect - a premise we derived previously from the Kepler RR Lyrae
sample. As expected, period doubling is detectable only for short time
intervals in most modulated RRab stars. Our results show that the temporal
variability of the additional frequencies in all RR Lyrae sub-types is
ubiquitous. The ephemeral nature and the highly variable amplitude of these
variations suggest a complex underlying dynamics of and an intricate interplay
between radial and possibly nonradial modes in RR Lyrae stars. The omnipresence
of additional modes in all types of RR Lyrae - except in non-modulated RRab
stars - implies that asteroseismology of these objects should be feasible in
the near future (Abridged).Comment: 20 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Cryogenic silicon detectors with implanted contacts for the detection of visible photons using the Neganov-Luke Effect
There is a common need in astroparticle experiments such as direct dark
matter detection, 0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta} (double beta decay without emission of
neutrinos) and Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Scattering experiments for light
detectors with a very low energy threshold. By employing the Neganov-Luke
Effect, the thermal signal of particle interactions in a semiconductor absorber
operated at cryogenic temperatures, can be amplified by drifting the
photogenerated electrons and holes in an electric field. This technology is not
used in current experiments, in particular because of a reduction of the signal
amplitude with time which is due to trapping of the charges within the
absorber. We present here the first results of a novel type of Neganov-Luke
Effect detector with an electric field configuration designed to improve the
charge collection within the semiconductor.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Journal of Low Temperature Physic
Search for Supersymmetric Dark Matter with Superfluid He3 (MACHe3)
MACHe3 (MAtrix of Cells of superfluid He3) is a project of a new detector for
direct Dark Matter search, using superfluid He3 as a sensitive medium. This
paper presents a phenomenological study done with the DarkSUSY code, in order
to investigate the discovery potential of this project of detector, as well as
its complementarity with existing and planned devices.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Letters B, minor changes in
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gamma Doradus stars in the COROT exoplanets fields: first inspection
We present here preliminary results concerning 32 stars identified as main
gamma Doradus candidates by the COROT Variable Classifier (CVC) among the 4
first fields of the exoplanet CCDs.Comment: To appear in "Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and
Observation", AI
Strong interactions between g- and p-modes in the hybrid gamma Doradus-delta Scuti CoRoT star ID105733033
CoRoT ID 105733033 is an excellent example of hybrid pulsators as it shows g-
and p-modes with almost similar amplitudes in two clearly distinct frequency
domains.
Classical Fourier analysis allows the dectection of frequencies with an
amplitude as small as 0.1 mmag up to 50c/d. The frequency spectrum of CoRoT ID
105733033 clearly consists of two distinct ranges, which are typical of gamma
Doradus and delta Scuti pulsation. Focus was placed on the identification of
linear combinations and frequencies due to the coupling between gamma Doradus
and delta Scuti modes.
We detect 198 gamma Doradus type frequencies in the range [0.25;4]c/d, of
which 180 are not combination frequencies, and 24 of them are separated by a
constant period-interval Delta P=0.03074d. According to the asymptotic theory,
these 24 frequencies correspond to a series of g-modes of the same ell-degree
and different radial orders n. We also detect 246 delta Scuti type frequencies
in the range [10.1;63.4]c/d. The dominant frequency F=12.6759c/d was identified
as the fundamental radial mode. Our most noteworthy result is that all the main
gamma Doradus frequencies f_i are also detected in the delta Scuti domain as F
+- f_i with four times smaller amplitudes. Once these frequencies were removed,
only 59 can be considered as individual delta Scuti frequencies.
A coupling between g- and p-modes is proposed to be a tool for detecting
g-modes in the Sun, but this coupling has never yet been observed. Our present
study may be valuable input to theoretical studies, addressing the mutual
influence of g- and p-mode cavities and the deviation from classical theory.
Furthermore, we identify a sequence of g-modes belonging to the same ell but
with consecutive orders n
HD 173977: An ellipsoidal d Scuti star variable
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 426, p. 247-252, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034068International audienc
CoRoT light curves of RR Lyrae stars. CoRoT 101128793: long-term changes in the Blazhko effect and excitation of additional modes
The CoRoT (Convection, Rotation and planetary Transits) space mission
provides a valuable opportunity to monitor stars with uninterrupted time
sampling for up to 150 days at a time. The study of RR Lyrae stars, performed
in the framework of the Additional Programmes belonging to the exoplanetary
field, will particularly benefit from such dense, long-duration monitoring. The
Blazhko effect in RR Lyrae stars is a long-standing, unsolved problem of
stellar astrophysics. We used the CoRoT data of the new RR Lyrae variable CoRoT
101128793 (f0=2.119 c/d, P=0.4719296 d) to provide us with more detailed
observational facts to understand the physical process behind the phenomenon.
The CoRoT data were corrected for one jump and the long-term drift. We applied
different period-finding techniques to the corrected timeseries to investigate
amplitude and phase modulation. We detected 79 frequencies in the light curve
of CoRoT 101128793. They have been identified as the main frequency f0, and its
harmonics, two independent terms, the terms related to the Blazhko frequency,
and several combination terms. A Blazhko frequency fB=0.056 c/d and a triplet
structure around the fundamental radial mode and harmonics were detected, as
well as a long-term variability of the Blazhko modulation. Indeed, the
amplitude of the main oscillation is decreasing along the CoRoT survey. The
Blazhko modulation is one of the smallest observed in RR Lyrae stars. Moreover,
the additional modes f1=3.630 and f2=3.159 c/d are detected. Taking its ratio
with the fundamental radial mode into account, the term f1 could be the
identified as the second radial overtone. Detecting of these modes in
horizontal branch stars is a new result obtained by CoRoT.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, 2 long tables. Accepted for publication in A&
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