Bibcode
Montañés Rodríguez, P.; Jeffery, C. S.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.384, p.433-440 (2002)
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2002
Journal
Citations
12
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Description
We report new non-linear pulsation models of the helium stars
V652 Her and BX Cir. Linear theory
has previously shown their pulsations to be due to iron-group bump
instability. Recent high-resolution spectroscopic observations have
provided high-precision measurements of their radial velocity curves and
of their radii. Their masses remain less well determined. A hydrodynamic
code including recent OPAL opacity data has been used to construct the
models. These are compared with the observational data. In particular,
we attempt to reproduce accurately the observed radial velocity and
luminosity curves. The results impose additional constraints on those
stellar dimensions, including mass, which remain poorly determined by
observation. Final results show a model for V652 Her
which reproduce the observed velocity and luminosity curves with 0.7
Msun, and 23 400 K. For BX Cir, the mass must lie between
0.50 and 0.38 Msun, if the temperature is in the range 22
400-24 000 K. However, the luminosity of the models is smaller than that
measured directly by a factor of two.