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A search for rapid pulsations among nine luminous Ap stars
The rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) stars are of importance for studyingthe atmospheric structure of stars where the process of chemical elementdiffusion is significant. We have performed a survey for rapidoscillations in a sample of nine luminous Ap stars, selected from theirlocation in the colour-magnitude diagram as more evolved main-sequenceAp stars that are inside the instability strip for roAp stars. Untilrecently this region was devoid of stars with observed rapid pulsations.We used the Very Large Telescope UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph toobtain high time resolution spectroscopy to make the first systematicspectroscopic search for rapid oscillations in this region of the roApinstability strip. We report nine null detections with upper limits forradial velocity amplitudes of 20-65ms-1 and precisions of? = 7-20ms-1 for combinations of Nd and Pr lines.Cross-correlations confirm these null results. At least six stars aremagnetic and we provide magnetic field measurements for four of them, ofwhich three are newly discovered magnetic stars. It is found that fourstars have magnetic fields smaller than ~2kG, which according totheoretical predictions might be insufficient for suppressing envelopeconvection around the magnetic poles for more evolved Ap stars.Suppression of convection is expected to be essential for the opacitymechanism acting in the hydrogen ionization zone to drive thehigh-overtone roAp pulsations efficiently. Our null results suggest thatthe more evolved roAp stars may require particularly strong magneticfields to pulsate. Three of the studied stars do, however, have magneticfields stronger than 5kG.Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory,Paranal, Chile, as part of programmes 075.D-0145 (A), 078.D-0080(A),072.D-0138(A) and 077.D-0150(A).E-mail: lmfreyhammer@uclan.ac.uk
| Variations of AP stars in the Geneva system
The photometric behaviour of 21 Ap stars has been analyzed fromobservations obtained in the Geneva system. Variability has beendetected for 9 Ap stars, as well as for a star which initially was acomparison star. Preliminary values for the periods are presented aswell as an analytical description of the light curves. based onobservations made at the Swiss telescope of the European SouthernObservatory, La Silla, Chile. Complete Table 4 is available inelectronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp 130.79.128.5 orhttp://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Abstract.html and full figures are accessibleon the on-line version of the paper.
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| Constellation: | Pisces Austrinus |
| Right ascension: | 21h28m41.19s |
| Declination: | -25°38'38.6" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.828 |
| Distance: | 196.464 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 25.7 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 0 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.945 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.838 |
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