Publication Date:
2014-04-02
Description:
We detect the second known Bootis star (HD 54272) which exhibits Doradus-type pulsations. The star was formerly misidentified as a RR Lyrae variable. The Bootis stars are a small group (only 2 per cent) of late B to early F-type, Population I stars which show moderate to extreme (up to a factor 100) surface underabundances of most Fe-peak elements and solar abundances of lighter elements (C, N, O, and S). The photometric data from the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) and All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) projects were analysed. They have an overlapping time base of 1566 d and 2545 d, respectively. Six statistically significant peaks were identified ( f 1 = 1.410 116 d –1 , f 2 = 1.283 986 d –1 , f 3 = 1.293 210 d –1 , f 4 = 1.536 662 d –1 , f 5 = 1.157 22 d –1 and f 6 = 0.226 57 d –1 ). The spacing between f 1 and f 2 , f 1 and f 4 , f 5 and f 2 is almost identical. Since the daily aliasing is very strong, the interpretation of frequency spectra is somewhat ambiguous. From spectroscopic data, we deduce a high rotational velocity (250 ± 25 km s –1 ) and a metal deficiency of about –0.8 to –1.1 dex compared to the Sun. A comparison with the similar star, HR 8799, results in analogous pulsational characteristics but widely different astrophysical parameters. Since both are Bootis-type stars, the main mechanism of this phenomenon, selective accretion, may severely influence Doradus-type pulsations.
Print ISSN:
0035-8711
Electronic ISSN:
1365-2966
Topics:
Physics
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