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    KIC 6951642: confirmed Kepler γ\gamma Doradus-δ\delta Scuti star with intermediate to fast rotation in a possible single-lined binary system

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    KIC 6951642 has been reported as a candidate hybrid pulsator of type-γ\gamma Doradus-δ\delta Scuti from observations of the first quarters of the Kepler mission. We aim to investigate the pulsating nature of KIC 6951642 and to search for the signature of rotation and/or activity in the light curves. We performed an iterative frequency search of both Fourier spectra, and searched for regular patterns in them. We applied spectrum synthesis to determine the atmospheric stellar parameters. Since KIC 6951642 was reported to belong to a spectroscopic binary system, we fitted the time delays derived from the light curves with the radial velocities obtained from published as well as new spectra in an attempt to improve the quality of the first orbit. Follow-up spectroscopy showed that KIC 6951642 is a fast-rotating F0-type star in a possible single-lined binary with a period of \sim4.8 yr. In the low-frequency regime, we identified the frequencies of 0.721 d1^{-1} as well as of 0.0087 d1^{-1}. We attribute the first frequency to stellar rotation and the second one to stellar activity with a cycle. We also detected gg modes, with the strongest mode located at 2.238 d1^{-1}, as well as three asymmetric multiplets (with a mean spacing of 0.675±\pm0.044 d1^{-1}). In the high-frequency regime, we detected frequencies of type-δ\delta Scuti, with the strongest mode located at 13.96 d1^{-1}, as well as seven asymmetric multiplets (with a mean spacing of 0.665±\pm0.084 d1^{-1}). We subsequently identified a few more frequencies that appear to be combinations of a gg or pp mode and one of the higher cited frequencies not due to pulsations. We propose that KIC 6951642 accommodates for a fast-rotating γ\gamma Dor-δ\delta Sct hybrid star with various rotationally split multiplets of gg and pp modes and that it also displays a cycle lasting years of (possible) stellar activity

    KIC~8975515: a fast-rotating (γ\gamma Dor - δ\delta Sct) hybrid star with Rossby modes and a slower δ\delta Sct companion in a long-period orbit

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    {KIC~8975515 is a \emph{Kepler} double-lined spectroscopic binary system with hybrid pulsations. Two components have similar atmospheric properties (Teff_{\rm eff} \sim 7400~K), and one of them is a fast rotator (vsini=162v\sin i = 162 versus 32 km/s). Our aim is to study the \emph {Kepler} light curve in great detail in order to determine the frequencies of the pulsations, to search for regular spacing patterns in the Fourier spectrum, if any, and to discuss their origin in the context of binarity and fast rotation. In this paper, we study the properties of the stellar pulsations based on a careful analysis in the low-, intermediate- and high-frequency regions of the Fourier spectrum. This is done by performing repeated frequency-search analyses with successive prewhitenings of all the significant frequencies detected in the spectrum. Moreover, we searched for regular period spacings among the gg modes, as well as frequency splitting among the gg and pp modes. In the low-frequency regime, five regular period spacing patterns including one series of prograde gg modes and four series of retrograde rr modes were detected. The rr modes are well-distributed with respect to the harmonics of the rotational frequency of the fast-rotating star frotf_{\rm rot} = 1.647 d1^{-1}. The dominant gg mode is f2f_{2} = 2.37 d1^{-1}. The strongest p mode, at f1f_{1} = 13.97 d1^{-1}, forms a singlet. In the high-frequency region, we identified two multiplets of regularly split pp modes with mean frequency spacings of 0.42 d1^{-1} and 1.65 d1^{-1}. We detected some series of retrograde rr and prograde gg modes as well as two multiplets of pp modes with frequency spacings related to the stellar rotation of both components of the twin system KIC~8975515. We identified the fast-rotating component as a hybrid pulsator with rr modes and the slowly-rotating component as a δ\delta Sct pulsator.Comment: Accepted to publish on A \&

    Multicolour CCD Measurements of Visual Double and Multiple Stars. III

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    Recent CCD observations were performed in the period 1998-2004 for a large sample of visual double and multiple stars selected from the Hipparcos Catalogue and/or from the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars. Accurate astrometric and photometric data allowing to characterize the individual components are provided. These data are confronted to Hipparcos data or to data from an older epoch in order to assess the nature of the observed systems. We simultaneously apply a Moffat-Lorentz profile with a similar shape to all detected components and adjust the profile parameters from which we obtain the relative astrometric position (epoch, position angle, angular separation) as well as differential multi-colour photometry (filters (B)VRI). We thus acquired recent data for 71 visual systems of which 6 are orbital binaries, 27 are nearby and 30 are multiple systems. In three cases, the systems remained unresolved. 23 new components were detected and measured. Two new visual double stars of intermediate separation were also found. The estimated accuracies in relative position are 0.04 deg and 0.01" respectively, while those in differential photometry are of the order of 0.01-0.02 mag in general. The nature of the association of 55 systems is evaluated. New basic binary properties are derived for 20 bound systems. Component colours and masses are provided for two orbital binaries.Comment: 7 pages, 2 Postscript figures, 1 appendix, 1 annex containing 3 tables. Appendix A and Tables~4-6 are only available in electronic form. Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press (2006

    Properties and nature of Be stars 30. Reliable physical properties of a semi-detached B9.5e+G8III binary BR CMi = HD 61273 compared to those of other well studied semi-detached emission-line binaries

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    Reliable determination of the basic physical properties of hot emission-line binaries with Roche-lobe filling secondaries is important for developing the theory of mass exchange in binaries. It is a very hard task, however, which is complicated by the presence of circumstellar matter in these systems. So far, only a small number of systems with accurate values of component masses, radii, and other properties are known. Here, we report the first detailed study of a new representative of this class of binaries, BR CMi, based on the analysis of radial velocities and multichannel photometry from several observatories, and compare its physical properties with those for other well-studied systems. BR CMi is an ellipsoidal variable seen under an intermediate orbital inclination of ~51 degrees, and it has an orbital period of 12.919059(15) d and a circular orbit. We used the disentangled component spectra to estimate the effective temperatures 9500(200) K and 4655(50) K by comparing them with model spectra. They correspond to spectral types B9.5e and G8III. We also used the disentangled spectra of both binary components as templates for the 2-D cross-correlation to obtain accurate RVs and a reliable orbital solution. Some evidence of a secular period increase at a rate of 1.1+/-0.5 s per year was found. This, together with a very low mass ratio of 0.06 and a normal mass and radius of the mass gaining component, indicates that BR CMi is in a slow phase of the mass exchange after the mass-ratio reversal. It thus belongs to a still poorly populated subgroup of Be stars for which the origin of Balmer emission lines is safely explained as a consequence of mass transfer between the binary components.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics. appears in Astronomy and Astrophysics 201

    Spectra disentangling applied to the Hyades binary Theta^2 Tau AB: new orbit, orbital parallax and component properties

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    Theta^2 Tauri is a detached and single-lined interferometric-spectroscopic binary as well as the most massive binary system of the Hyades cluster. The system revolves in an eccentric orbit with a periodicity of 140.7 days. The secondary has a similar temperature but is less evolved and fainter than the primary. It is also rotating more rapidly. Since the composite spectra are heavily blended, the direct extraction of radial velocities over the orbit of component B was hitherto unsuccessful. Using high-resolution spectroscopic data recently obtained with the Elodie (OHP, France) and Hermes (ORM, La Palma, Spain) spectrographs, and applying a spectra disentangling algorithm to three independent data sets including spectra from the Oak Ridge Observatory (USA), we derived an improved spectroscopic orbit and refined the solution by performing a combined astrometric-spectroscopic analysis based on the new spectroscopy and the long-baseline data from the Mark III optical interferometer. As a result, the velocity amplitude of the fainter component is obtained in a direct and objective way. Major progress based on this new determination includes an improved computation of the orbital parallax. Our mass ratio is in good agreement with the older estimates of Peterson et al. (1991, 1993), but the mass of the primary is 15-25% higher than the more recent estimates by Torres et al. (1997) and Armstrong et al. (2006). Due to the strategic position of the components in the turnoff region of the cluster, these new determinations imply stricter constraints for the age and the metallicity of the Hyades cluster. The location of component B can be explained by current evolutionary models, but the location of the more evolved component A is not trivially explained and requires a detailed abundance analysis of its disentangled spectrum.Comment: in press, 13 pages, 10 Postscript figures, 5 tables. Table~4 is available as online material. Keywords: astrometry - techniques: high angular resolution - stars: binaries: visual - stars: binaries: spectroscopic - stars: fundamental parameter
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