NOMINAL VALUES FOR SELECTED SOLAR AND PLANETARY QUANTITIES: IAU 2015 RESOLUTION B3
- A. Prša, P. Harmanec, S. G. Stewart
- Physics, Geology
- 31 May 2016
In this brief communication we provide the rationale for and the outcome of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) resolution vote at the XXIXth General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2015, on…
Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results
- R. Gilliland, T. Brown, J. Steffen
- Geology, Physics
- 31 December 2009
Asteroseismology involves probing the interiors of stars and quantifying their global properties, such as radius and age, through observations of normal modes of oscillation. The technical…
The MACHO Project Large Magellanic Cloud Variable-Star Inventory. IX. Frequency Analysis of the First-Overtone RR Lyrae Stars and the Indication for Nonradial Pulsations
- C. Alcock, R. Allsman, D. Welch
- Physics
- 17 May 2000
More than 1300 variables classified provisionally as first-overtone RR Lyrae pulsators in the MACHO variable-star database of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have been subjected to standard…
Communications in Asteroseismology
- M. Breger, D. Klotz, E. Poretti
- Physics
- 2009
Editor-in-Chief: Michel Breger, michel.breger@univie.ac.atEditorial Assistant: Daniela Klotz, daniela.klotz@univie.ac.atLayout & Production Manager: Paul Beck, paul.beck@univie.ac.atCoAst Editorial…
Rapidly Oscillating Ap Stars
- D. Kurtz
- Physics
- 1 October 1982
Article de synthese sur les etoiles Ap a oscillation rapide (roAp) portant sur HR 3831 et le modele de pulsateur oblique, HR 1217 et l'asteroseismologie, les modeles de pulsateurs «tachetes» (Mathys…
Asteroseismic measurement of surface-to-core rotation in a main-sequence A star, KIC 11145123
We have discovered rotationally split core g-mode triplets and surface p-mode triplets and quintuplets in a terminal age main-sequence A star, KIC 11145123, that shows both δ Sct pmode pulsations and…
A giant planet orbiting the ‘extreme horizontal branch’ star V 391 Pegasi
- R. Silvotti, S. Schuh, S. Zoła
- Physics, GeologyNature
- 13 September 2007
The detection of a planet orbiting a post-red-giant star demonstrates that planets with orbital distances of less than 2 au can survive the red-Giant expansion of their parent stars.
Asteroseismology of the DOV star PG 1159 - 035 with the Whole Earth Telescope
- D. Winget, D. Winget, S. Kawaler
- Physics, Geology
- 1 September 1991
Results are reported from 264.1 hr of nearly continuous time-series photometry on the pulsating prewhite dwarf star (DPV) PG 1159 - 035. The power spectrum of the data set is completely resolved into…
IAU 2015 Resolution B3 on Recommended Nominal Conversion Constants for Selected Solar and Planetary Properties
- E. Mamajek, A. Prša, S. G. Stewart
- Physics, Geology
- 26 October 2015
Astronomers commonly quote the properties of celestial objects in units of parameters for the Sun, Jupiter, or the Earth. The resolution presented here was proposed by the IAU Inter-Division Working…
KOI-54: THE KEPLER DISCOVERY OF TIDALLY EXCITED PULSATIONS AND BRIGHTENINGS IN A HIGHLY ECCENTRIC BINARY
- W. Welsh, J. Orosz, W. Borucki
- Physics, Geology
- 8 February 2011
Kepler observations of the star HD 187091 (KIC 8112039, hereafter KOI-54) revealed a remarkable light curve exhibiting sharp periodic brightening events every 41.8 days with a superimposed set of…
...
...