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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 524, Issue 3, Pages 4196-4211Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1971
Keywords
stars: early-type; stars: oscillations; stars: rotation
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In this study, we analyze 214 A- and F-type stars observed by Kepler and find distinct periodic signals known as the hump and spike, attributed to Rossby modes and magnetic stellar spots or overstable convective modes, respectively. We determine the power of the hump features and observe additional gravity-mode humps occurring at higher frequencies than the spike. We also investigate the correlation between the spike amplitude and the power in different oscillation modes.
Here, we report an ensemble study of 214 A- and F-type stars observed by Kepler, exhibiting the so-called hump and spike periodic signal, explained by Rossby modes (r modes) - the hump - and magnetic stellar spots or overstable convective (OsC) modes - the spike, respectively. We determine the power confined in the non-resolved hump features and find additional gravity-mode (g-mode) humps always occurring at higher frequencies than the spike. Furthermore, we derive projected rotational velocities from FIES, SONG, and HERMES spectra for 28 stars and the stellar inclination angle for 89 stars. We find a strong correlation between the spike amplitude and the power in the r and g modes, which suggests that both types of oscillations are mechanically excited by either stellar spots or OsC modes. Our analysis suggests that stars with a higher power in m = 1 r-mode humps are more likely to also exhibit humps at higher azimuthal orders (m = 2, 3, or 4). Interestingly, all stars that show g-mode humps are hotter and more luminous than the observed red edge of the & delta; Scuti instability strip, suggesting that either magnetic fields or convection in the outer layers could play an important role.
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