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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 506, Issue 1, Pages 111-123Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911782
Keywords
stars: oscillations; stars: variables: general; stars: individual: HD 180642 (V1449 Aql)
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- European Research Council [FP7/2007-2013/ERC]
- Research Council of K. U. Leuven [GOA/2008/04]
- Belgian PRODEX Office [C90309]
- Italian ESS [ASI/INAF I/015/07/0, WP 03170]
- European Community Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship [MEIF-CT-2006-024476]
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Context. We present the CoRoT light curve of the beta Cep star HD 180642, assembled during the first long run of the space mission, as well as archival single-band photometry. Aims. Our goal is to analyse the detailed behaviour present in the light curve and interpret it in terms of excited-mode frequencies. Methods. After describing the noise properties in detail, we use various time series analyses and fitting techniques to model the CoRoT light curve, for various physical assumptions. We apply statistical goodness-of-fit criteria that allow us to select the most appropriate physical model fit to the data. Results. We conclude that the light-curve model based on nonlinear resonant frequency and phase locking provides the best representation of the data. Interpretation of the residuals is dependent on the chosen physical model used to prewhiten the data. Conclusions. Our observational results constitute a fruitful starting point for detailed seismic stellar modelling of this large-amplitude and evolved beta Cep star.
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