The Naini Tal -Cape survey for pulsations in chemically peculiarA-type stars: I. Methods and preliminary results

Abstract

A new survey for pulsating, chemically peculiar A- and F-type stars in the northern hemisphere has been initiated using the 1-m telescope at Uttar Pradesh State Observatory in Naini Tal. The survey is primarily structured to reveal high-overtone pulsations in chemically peculiar A-F stars, but it is also revealing low-overton