BERNHARD, Klaus, Stefan HUMMERICH, Sebastian OTERO and Ernst PAUNZEN. A search for photometric variability in magnetic chemically peculiar stars using ASAS-3 data. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. LES ULIS CEDEX A: EDP SCIENCES S A, 2015, vol. 581, September, p. "nestrankovano", 32 pp. ISSN 1432-0746. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526424.
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Original name A search for photometric variability in magnetic chemically peculiar stars using ASAS-3 data
Authors BERNHARD, Klaus (40 Austria), Stefan HUMMERICH (276 Germany), Sebastian OTERO (32 Argentina) and Ernst PAUNZEN (40 Austria, belonging to the institution).
Edition ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, LES ULIS CEDEX A, EDP SCIENCES S A, 2015, 1432-0746.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher France
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 5.185
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/15:00085398
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526424
UT WoS 000361803900138
Keywords in English binaries: eclipsing; stars: chemically peculiar; stars: variables: general; techniques: photometric
Tags AKR, rivok
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Andrea Mikešková, učo 137293. Changed: 24/3/2016 10:05.
Abstract
The (magnetic) chemically peculiar (CP) stars of the upper main sequence are well-suited laboratories for investigating the influence of magnetic fields on the stellar surface because they produce abundance inhomogeneities (spots), which results in photometric variability that is explained in terms of the oblique rotator model. CP stars exhibiting this phenomenon are normally classified as alpha2 Canum Venaticorum (ACV) variables. It is important to increase the sample of known rotational periods among CP stars by discovering new ACV variables. The ASAS-3 data were cross-correlated with the Catalogue of Ap, HgMn, and Am stars in order to analyse the light curves of bona fide CP and related stars. The light curves were downloaded and cleaned of outliers and data points with a flag indicating bad quality. Promising candidates showing a larger scatter than observed for constant stars in the corresponding magnitude range were searched for periodic signals using a standard Fourier technique. In total, we found 323 variables, from which 246 are reported here for the first time, and 77 were probably wrongly classified before. The observed variability pattern of most stars is in accordance with an ACV classification. For some cases, it is difficult to distinguish between the light curves of double-waved ACVs and the variability induced by orbital motion (ellipsoidal variables/eclipsing variables), especially for objects exhibiting very small amplitudes and/or significant scatter in their light curves. Thus, some eclipsing or rotating ellipsoidal variables might be present. However, we are confident that the given periods are the correct ones. There seems to be a possible weak correlation between the rotational period and colour, in the sense that cooler magnetic CP stars rotate more slowly. However, this correlation seems to disappear when correcting for the interstellar reddening.
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3SGA5916, interní kód MUName: Hvězdy a hvězdokupy v Magellanových mračnech (Acronym: Webda MaC)
Investor: South-Moravian Region, Incoming grants
7AMB14AT015, research and development projectName: Nový pohled na magnetické hvězdy (Acronym: MAGSTARS)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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