Asteroseismological constraints on the coolest GW Virginis variable star (PG 1159-type) PG 0122+200

Aims. We present an asteroseismological study of PG 0122+200, the coolest known pulsating PG 1159 (GW Vir) star. Our results are based on an augmented set of the full PG 1159 evolutionary models recently presented by Miller Bertolami & Althaus (2006). Methods. We perform extensive computations...

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Autores principales: Córsico, Alejandro Hugo, Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel, Althaus, Leandro Gabriel, Vauclair, G., Werner, K.
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: evolution
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: variables: general
Stars: white dwarfs
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: evolution
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: variables: general
Stars: white dwarfs
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Vauclair, G.
Werner, K.
Asteroseismological constraints on the coolest GW Virginis variable star (PG 1159-type) PG 0122+200
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: evolution
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: variables: general
Stars: white dwarfs
description Aims. We present an asteroseismological study of PG 0122+200, the coolest known pulsating PG 1159 (GW Vir) star. Our results are based on an augmented set of the full PG 1159 evolutionary models recently presented by Miller Bertolami & Althaus (2006). Methods. We perform extensive computations of adiabatic g-mode pulsation periods on PG 1159 evolutionary models with stellar masses ranging from 0.530 to 0.741 M⊙. These models take into account the complete evolution of progenitor stars, through the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch phase and born-again episode. We constrain the stellar mass of PG 0122+200 by comparing the observed period spacing with the asymptotic period spacing and with the average of the computed period spacings. We also employ the individual observed periods to find a representative seismological model for PG 0122+200. Results. We derive a stellar mass of 0.626 M⊙ from a comparison between the observed period spacing and the computed asymptotic period spacing, and a stellar mass of 0.567 M⊙ by comparing the observed period spacing with the average of the computed period spacing. We also find, on the basis of a period-fit procedure, an asteroseismological model representative of PG 0122+200 that is able to reproduce the observed period pattern with an average of the period differences of δΠ̄<SUB>i</SUB> = 0.88 s and a root-mean-square residual of σ<SUB>δΠi</SUB> = 1.27 s. The model has an effective temperature T<SUB>eff</SUB> = 81 500 K, a stellar mass M<SUB>*</SUB> = 0.556 M⊙, a surface gravity log g = 7.65, a stellar luminosity and radius of log(L<SUB>*</SUB>/L⊙) = 1.14 and log(R<SUB>*</SUB>/R ⊙) = -1.73, respectively, and a He-rich envelope thickness of M<SUB>env</SUB> = 1.9 × 10<SUP>-2</SUP> M⊙. We derive a seismic distance d ∼ 614 pc and a parallax π ∼ 1.6 mas. The results of the period-fit analysis carried out in this work suggest that the asteroseismological mass of PG 0122+200 could be ∼6-20% lower than hitherto thought, and in closer agreement (to within ∼5%) with the spectroscopic mass. This result suggests that a reasonable consistency between the stellar mass values obtained from spectroscopy and asteroseismology can be expected when detailed PG 1159 evolutionary models are considered.
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author Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Vauclair, G.
Werner, K.
author_facet Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Vauclair, G.
Werner, K.
author_sort Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
title Asteroseismological constraints on the coolest GW Virginis variable star (PG 1159-type) PG 0122+200
title_short Asteroseismological constraints on the coolest GW Virginis variable star (PG 1159-type) PG 0122+200
title_full Asteroseismological constraints on the coolest GW Virginis variable star (PG 1159-type) PG 0122+200
title_fullStr Asteroseismological constraints on the coolest GW Virginis variable star (PG 1159-type) PG 0122+200
title_full_unstemmed Asteroseismological constraints on the coolest GW Virginis variable star (PG 1159-type) PG 0122+200
title_sort asteroseismological constraints on the coolest gw virginis variable star (pg 1159-type) pg 0122+200
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