δ Scuti pulsations in the bright Pleiades eclipsing binary HD 23642

Southworth, John; Murphy, S J; Pavlovski, K

Abstract

We announce the discovery of pulsations in HD?23642, the only bright eclipsing system in the Pleiades, based on light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). We measure 46 pulsation frequencies and attribute them to d?Scuti pulsations in the secondary component. We find four l = 1 doublets, three of which have frequency splittings consistent with the rotation rate of the star. The dipole mode amplitude ratios are consistent with a high stellar inclination angle and the stellar rotation period agrees with the orbital period. Together, these suggest that the spin axis of the secondary is aligned with the orbital axis. We also determine precise effective temperatures and a spectroscopic light ratio, and use the latter to determine the physical properties of the system alongside the TESS data and published radial velocities. We measure a distance to the system in agreement with the Gaia parallax, and an age of 170 ± 20?Myr based on a comparison to theoretical stellar evolutionary models.

Citation

Southworth, J., Murphy, S. J., & Pavlovski, K. (2022). δ Scuti pulsations in the bright Pleiades eclipsing binary HD 23642. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 520(1), L53-L57. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slad004

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 11, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jan 14, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 23, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: May 30, 2023
• Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 520
• Issue: 1
• Pages: L53-L57
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slad004
• Keywords: Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article-abstract/520/1/L53/6987680?redirectedFrom=fulltext