# Massive pulsating stars observed by BRITE-Constellation - I. The triple system β Centauri (Agena)

@article{Pigulski2016MassivePS,
title={Massive pulsating stars observed by BRITE-Constellation - I. The triple system $\beta$ Centauri (Agena)},
author={Andrzej Pigulski and Henryk Cugier and Adam Popowicz and Rainer Kuschnig and Anthony F. J. Moffat and Slavek M. Rucinski and Alexander Schwarzenberg-Czerny and Werner W. Weiss and Gerald Handler and Gregg A. Wade and Otto Koudelka and Jaymie Matthews and Stefan Wladyslaw Mochnacki and P. Orlea'nski and Herbert Pablo and Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa and Gemma Whittaker and El.zbieta Zoclo'nska and Konstanze Zwintz},
journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
year={2016},
volume={588}
}
This paper aims to precisely determine the masses and detect pulsation modes in the two massive components of Beta Cen with BRITE-Constellation photometry. In addition, seismic models for the components are considered and the effects of fast rotation are discussed. This is done to test the limitations of seismic modeling for this very difficult case. A simultaneous fit of visual and spectroscopic orbits is used to self-consistently derive the orbital parameters, and subsequently the masses, of… Expand
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