Journal
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 448, Issue 3, Pages 1165-1168Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054238
Keywords
stars : magnetic fields; stars : oscillations; stars : chemically peculiar
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Aims. A new continuous 3.5 h series of high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the roAp star gamma Equ, with about 12 points per pulsation cycle, is presented to study the mean magnetic field modulus variability with the pulsation period. Methods. Radial velocity variations with amplitudes of up to approximately 400 m s(-1) are clearly detected in the rare earth lines present in the covered spectral range. Two frequencies are resolved in their analysis, which are consistent with frequencies previously observed in the star. No significant radial velocity variation is detected for the line Fe II lambda 6149.2. The mean magnetic field modulus derived from measurement of the wavelength separation of the magnetically resolved components of this line does not show any variation, with a 3 sigma upper limit of similar to 10 G. Results. While our results are consistent with the conclusion of the previous studies, difficulties to reconcile this result with those of other works may be attributed, in part at least, to the use of different diagnostic lines in different works and to the failure of all studies so far to fully resolve all the pulsation frequencies of gamma Equ.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available