Discovery of rapid radial velocity variations in the roAp star 10 Aql and possible pulsations of ß CrB

Author(s)
Oleg Kochukhov, John Darlington Landstreet, Tanya A. Ryabchikova, Werner Wolfgang Weiss, Friedrich Kupka
Abstract

We report discovery of radial velocity variations in rare earth spectral lines of the roAp star 10 Aql with amplitudes of between 30 and 130 m s−1 and periods of about 11 min. Radial velocity variations with amplitude 70 m s−1 may also have been detected in one spectral line of Fe i in β CrB. If confirmed, our results may indicate that all Ap stars in a certain temperature range pulsate, which means that roAp stars do not exist as a separate class but are only distinguished by higher pulsational amplitudes.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
Uppsala University, University of Western Ontario, Russian Academy of Sciences
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume
337
ISSN
0035-8711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05872.x
Publication date
2002
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/discovery-of-rapid-radial-velocity-variations-in-the-roap-star-10-aql-and-possible-pulsations-of-ss-crb(c07cf08c-6285-4835-b124-0b621fcde008).html