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2017ApJ...851...39G - Astrophys. J., 851, 39-39 (2017/December-2)

Gravity modes reveal the internal rotation of a post-mass-transfer Gamma Doradus/Delta Scuti hybrid pulsator in Kepler eclipsing binary KIC 9592855.

GUO Z., GIES D.R. and MATSON R.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of a post-mass-transfer Gamma Doradus/Delta Scuti hybrid pulsator in the eclipsing binary KIC 9592855. This binary has a circular orbit, an orbital period of 1.2 days, and contains two stars of almost identical masses (M1=1.72 M,M2=1.71 M). However, the cooler secondary star is more evolved (R2=1.96 R), while the hotter primary is still on the zero-age-main-sequence (R1=1.53 R). Coeval models from single-star evolution cannot explain the observed masses and radii, and binary evolution with mass-transfer needs to be invoked. After subtracting the binary light curve, the Fourier spectrum shows low-order pressure-mode pulsations, and more dominantly, a cluster of low-frequency gravity modes at about 2 day–1. These g-modes are nearly equally spaced in period, and the period spacing pattern has a negative slope. We identify these g-modes as prograde dipole modes and find that they stem from the secondary star. The frequency range of unstable p-modes also agrees with that of the secondary. We derive the internal rotation rate of the convective core and the asymptotic period spacing from the observed g-modes. The resulting values suggest that the core and envelope rotate nearly uniformly, i.e., their rotation rates are both similar to the orbital frequency of this synchronized binary.

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Journal keyword(s): asteroseismology - binaries: eclipsing - stars: evolution - stars: interiors - stars: oscillations - stars: variables: delta Scuti - stars: variables: delta Scuti

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