J 2022

First Results on RR Lyrae Stars with the TESS Space Telescope: Untangling the Connections between Mode Content, Colors, and Distances

MOLNÁR, L., A. BÓDI, A. PÁL, A. BHARDWAJ, F–J. HAMBSCH et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

First Results on RR Lyrae Stars with the TESS Space Telescope: Untangling the Connections between Mode Content, Colors, and Distances

Autoři

MOLNÁR, L. (garant), A. BÓDI, A. PÁL, A. BHARDWAJ, F–J. HAMBSCH, J. M. BENKŐ, A. DEREKAS, M. EBADI, M. JOYCE, A. HASANZADEH, K. KOLENBERG, M. B. LUND, J. M. NEMEC, H. NETZEL, C. –C. NGEOW, J. PEPPER, E. PLACHY, Z. PRUDIL, R. J. SIVERD, Marek SKARKA (203 Česká republika, domácí), R. SMOLEC, Á. SÓDOR, S. SYLLA, P. SZABÓ, R. SZABÓ, H. KJELDSEN, J. CHRISTENSEN-DALSGAARD a G. R. RICKER

Vydání

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, BRISTOL, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2022, 0067-0049

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10308 Astronomy

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 8.700

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125878

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000735179600001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Pulsating variable stars; RR Lyrae variable stars; Stellar photometry

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 25. 5. 2022 09:57, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) space telescope is collecting continuous, high-precision optical photometry of stars throughout the sky, including thousands of RR Lyrae stars. In this paper, we present results for an initial sample of 118 nearby RR Lyrae stars observed in TESS Sectors 1 and 2. We use differential image photometry to generate light curves and analyze their mode content and modulation properties. We combine accurate light-curve parameters from TESS with parallax and color information from the Gaia mission to create a comprehensive classification scheme. We build a clean sample, preserving RR Lyrae stars with unusual light-curve shapes, while separating other types of pulsating stars. We find that a large fraction of RR Lyrae stars exhibit various low-amplitude modes, but the distribution of those modes is markedly different from those of the bulge stars. This suggests that differences in physical parameters have an observable effect on the excitation of extra modes, potentially offering a way to uncover the origins of these signals. However, mode identification is hindered by uncertainties when identifying the true pulsation frequencies of the extra modes. We compare mode amplitude ratios in classical double-mode stars to stars with extra modes at low amplitudes and find that they separate into two distinct groups. Finally, we find a high percentage of modulated stars among the fundamental mode pulsators, but also find that at least 28% of them do not exhibit modulation, confirming that a significant fraction of stars lack the Blazhko effect.

Návaznosti

EF16_027/0008360, projekt VaV
Název: Postdoc@MUNI