Barry Smalley b.smalley@keele.ac.uk
SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars
Smalley, B; Kurtz, D.W.; Smith, A.M. S.; Fossati, L.; Anderson, D.R.; Barros, S.C. C.; Butters, O.W.; Collier Cameron, A.; Christian, D.J.; Enoch, B.; Faedi, F.; Haswell, C.A.; Hellier, C.; Holmes, S.; Horne, K.; Kane, S.R.; Lister, T.A.; Maxted, P.F. L.; Norton, A.J.; Parley, N.; Pollacco, D.; Simpson, E.K.; Skillen, I.; Southworth, J.; Street, R.A.; West, R.G.; Wheatley, P.J.; Wood, P. L.
Authors
D.W. Kurtz
A.M. S. Smith
L. Fossati
D.R. Anderson
S.C. C. Barros
O.W. Butters
A. Collier Cameron
D.J. Christian
B. Enoch
F. Faedi
C.A. Haswell
Coel Hellier c.hellier@keele.ac.uk
S. Holmes
K. Horne
S.R. Kane
T.A. Lister
Pierre Maxted p.maxted@keele.ac.uk
A.J. Norton
N. Parley
D. Pollacco
E.K. Simpson
I. Skillen
Dr John Taylor j.k.taylor@keele.ac.uk
R.A. Street
R.G. West
P.J. Wheatley
P. L. Wood
Abstract
We have studied over 1600 Am stars at a photometric precision of 1 mmag with SuperWASP photometric data. Contrary to previous belief, we find that around 200 Am stars are pulsating delta Sct and gamma Dor stars, with low amplitudes that have been missed in previous, less extensive studies. While the amplitudes are generally low, the presence of pulsation in Am stars places a strong constraint on atmospheric convection, and may require the pulsation to be laminar. While some pulsating Am stars have been previously found to be delta Sct stars, the vast majority of Am stars known to pulsate are presented in this paper. They will form the basis of future statistical studies of pulsation in the presence of atomic diffusion.
Citation
Smalley, B., Kurtz, D., Smith, A. S., Fossati, L., Anderson, D., Barros, S. C., …Wood, P. L. (2011). SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 535, Article A3. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117230
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 30, 2011 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 24, 2011 |
Publication Date | 2011-11 |
Deposit Date | Jul 6, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 6, 2023 |
Journal | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Print ISSN | 0004-6361 |
Electronic ISSN | 1432-0746 |
Publisher | EDP Sciences |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 535 |
Article Number | A3 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117230 |
Keywords | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
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