HÜMMERICH, Stefan, Zdeněk MIKULÁŠEK, Ernst PAUNZEN, Klaus BERNHARD, Jan JANÍK, Iliya YAKUNIN, Theodor PRIBULLA, Martin VAŇKO and Lenka MATĚCHOVÁ. The Kepler view of magnetic chemically peculiar stars. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. LES ULIS CEDEX A: EDP SCIENCES S A, 2018, vol. 619, A98, p. 1-20. ISSN 1432-0746. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832938.
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Original name The Kepler view of magnetic chemically peculiar stars
Authors HÜMMERICH, Stefan (276 Germany), Zdeněk MIKULÁŠEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Ernst PAUNZEN (40 Austria, belonging to the institution), Klaus BERNHARD (276 Germany), Jan JANÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Iliya YAKUNIN (643 Russian Federation), Theodor PRIBULLA (703 Slovakia), Martin VAŇKO (703 Slovakia) and Lenka MATĚCHOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, LES ULIS CEDEX A, EDP SCIENCES S A, 2018, 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: 6.209
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101367
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832938
UT WoS 000449726800001
Keywords in English stars: chemically peculiar; stars: abundances; stars: atmospheres; stars: rotation; stars: variables: general
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Context. Magnetic chemically peculiar (mCP) stars exhibit complex atmospheres that allow the investigation of such diverse phenomena as atomic diffusion, magnetic fields, and stellar rotation. The advent of space-based photometry provides the opportunity for the first precise characterizations of the photometric variability properties of these stars, which might advance our understanding of the processes involved and the atmospheric structures of mCP stars. Aims. We carried out a search for new mCP stars in the Kepler field with the ultimate aim of investigating their photometric variability properties using Kepler data. As an aside, we describe criteria for selecting mCP star candidates based on light curve properties, and assess the accuracy of the spectral classifications provided by the MKCLASS code. Methods. As only very few known mCP stars are situated in the Kepler field, we had to depend largely on alternative (nonspectroscopic) means of identifying suitable candidates that rely mostly on light curve properties; in particular we relied on monoperiodic variability and light curve stability. Newly acquired and archival spectra were used to confirm most of our mCP star candidates. Linear ephemeris parameters and effective amplitudes were derived from detrended Kepler data. Results. Our final sample consists of 41 spectroscopically confirmed mCP stars of which 39 are new discoveries, 5 candidate mCP stars, and 7 stars in which no chemical peculiarities could be established. Our targets populate the whole age range from zero-age main sequence to terminal-age main sequence and are distributed in the mass interval from 1.5 M-circle dot to 4 M-circle dot. About 25% of the mCP stars show a hitherto unobserved wealth of detail in their light curves indicative of complex surface structures. We identified light curve stability as a primary criterion for identifying mCP star candidates among early-type stars in large photometric surveys, and prove the reliability of the spectral classifications provided by the MKCLASS code.
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GA16-01116S, research and development projectName: Atmosféry a okolohvězdné prostředí magnetických horkých hvězd
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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