Acoustic Oscillations in Main-Sequence Stars: HD155543

Belmonte, J. A.; Pérez Hernández, F.; Roca-Cortés, T.
Bibliographical reference

Progress of Seismology of the Sun and Stars, Proceedings of the Oji International Seminar Held at Hakone, Japan, 11-14 December 1989. Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 367, edited by Y. Osaki and H. Shibahashi. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1990, p.417

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1990
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1
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Description
High-speed photometric techniques have been found useful as a way to study the acoustic mode signature in low main sequence stars. In this work, the discovery of solar-like oscillations associated to the presence of acoustic modes of pulsation in the F2V star HD155543, located outside of the instability strip, is reported. This finding has been obtained through an analysis of a long series of data (184 hours) obtained in 20 nights of observation with two twin three channel photometers attached to two 1.5 m telescopes sited at two observatories, simultaneously: Teide (OT) at Tenerife (Spain) and San Pedro Mártir (SPM) at Baja California Norte (Mexico). The major results yielded have been: the range of frequencies where p-modes signal is present (1 to 3 mHz); an upper limit of 20 µmag for the amplitude of the modes; the mean spacing between modes of equal degree l and consecutive order n, v o = 97.3 ± 0.6 µHz and two possible values of D o, 1.4 or 1.8 µHz. The values of these parameters agree, within the resolution, with those yielded by standard computed models of main sequence stars compatible with the luminosity and effective temperature already known for HD155543. These results open new perspectives for astero-seismology in the near future.