Atmospheric parameters and pulsational properties for a sample of δ Sct, γ Dor and hybrid Kepler targets☆

We report spectroscopic observations for 19 delta Sct candidates observed by the Kepler satellite both in long and short cadence mode. For all these stars, by using spectral synthesis, we derive the effective temperature, the surface gravity and the projected rotational velocity. An equivalent spectral-type classification has been also performed for all stars in the sample. These determinations are fundamental for modelling the frequency spectra that will be extracted from the Kepler data for asteroseismic inference. For all the 19 stars, we also present periodograms obtained from Kepler data. We find that all stars show peaks in both low- (gamma Dor; g-mode) and high-frequency (delta Sct; p-mode) regions. Using the amplitudes and considering 5 cycles d-1 as a boundary frequency, we classified three stars as pure gamma Dor, four as gamma Dor-delta hybrid Sct, five as delta Sct-gamma Dor hybrid and six as pure delta Sct. The only exception is the star KIC 05296877, which we suggest could be a binary.