Asteroseismological measurements on PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Virginis variable stars

Aims.An asteroseismological study of PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Vir variable stars, has been performed on the basis of detailed and full PG 1159 evolutionary models presented by Miller Bertolami & Althaus (2006, A&A, 454, 845). Methods.We carried out extensive computations of adia...

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Autores principales: Córsico, Alejandro Hugo, Althaus, Leandro Gabriel, Kepler, S. O., Costa, J. E. S., Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
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Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84306
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: evolution
Stars: individual: PG 1159-035
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: variables: general
Stars: white dwarfs
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: evolution
Stars: individual: PG 1159-035
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: variables: general
Stars: white dwarfs
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Kepler, S. O.
Costa, J. E. S.
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
Asteroseismological measurements on PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Virginis variable stars
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: evolution
Stars: individual: PG 1159-035
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: variables: general
Stars: white dwarfs
description Aims.An asteroseismological study of PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Vir variable stars, has been performed on the basis of detailed and full PG 1159 evolutionary models presented by Miller Bertolami & Althaus (2006, A&A, 454, 845). Methods.We carried out extensive computations of adiabatic -mode pulsation periods on PG 1159 evolutionary models with stellar masses spanning the range 0.530 to 0.741 M⊙. These models were derived from the complete evolution of progenitor stars, including the thermally pulsing AGB phase and the born-again episode. We constrained the stellar mass of PG 1159-035 by comparing the observed period spacing with the asymptotic period spacing and with the average of the computed period spacings. We also employed the individual observed periods reported by Costa et al. (2007) to find a representative seismological model for PG 1159-035. Results.We derive a stellar mass in the range 0.56-0.59 M⊙ from the period-spacing data alone. We also find, on the basis of a period-fit procedure, an asteroseismological model representative of PG 1159-035 that reproduces the observed period pattern with an average of the period differences of δΠi = 0.64-1.03 s, consistent with the expected model uncertainties. The model has an effective temperature T<SUB>eff</SUB> = 128 000 <SUP>+8 600</SUP> <SUB>−2 600</SUB> K, a stellar mass M<SUB>*</SUB> = 0.565 <SUP>+0.025</SUP> <SUB>−0.009</SUB> M⊙, a surface gravity log g = 7.42 <SUP>+0.21</SUP> <SUB>−0.12</SUB>, a stellar luminosity and radius of log(L<SUB>*</SUB>/L⊙) = 2.15 ± 0.08 and log(R<SUB>*</SUB>/R⊙ ) = −1.62 <SUP>+0.06</SUP> <SUB>−0.09</SUB>, and a He-rich envelope thickness of M<SUB>env</SUB> = 0.017 M⊙ . The results of the period-fit analysis carried out in this work suggest that the surface gravity of PG 1159-035 would be 1σ larger than the spectroscopically inferred gravity. For our best-fit model of PG 1159-035, all of the pulsation modes are characterized by positive rates of period changes, at odds with the measurements by Costa & Kepler (2007, A&A, submitted).
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author Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Kepler, S. O.
Costa, J. E. S.
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
author_facet Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Kepler, S. O.
Costa, J. E. S.
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
author_sort Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
title Asteroseismological measurements on PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Virginis variable stars
title_short Asteroseismological measurements on PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Virginis variable stars
title_full Asteroseismological measurements on PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Virginis variable stars
title_fullStr Asteroseismological measurements on PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Virginis variable stars
title_full_unstemmed Asteroseismological measurements on PG 1159-035, the prototype of the GW Virginis variable stars
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publishDate 2008
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84306
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