Abstract
We present an analysis of three new pulsating subdwarf B stars discovered in the Super Wide Angle Search for Planets archive. Two of the stars, J1938+5609 and J0902-0720, are p-mode pulsators; J1938+5609 shows a pulsation at 231.62 d -1 (P = 373 s; 2681 μHz) with an amplitude of 4 mmag, whereas J0902-0720 pulsates at frequencies 636.74 (P = 136 s; 7370 μHz) and 615.34 d -1 (P = 140 s; 7122 μHz), with amplitudes 7.27 and 1.53 mmag, respectively. The third star, J2344-3427, is a hybrid pulsator with a p-mode frequency at 223.16 d -1 (P = 387 s; 2583 μHz) and a corresponding amplitude of 1.5 mmag, and g modes in the frequency range 8.68-28.56 d -1 (P = 3025-9954 s; 100-331 μHz) and amplitudes between 0.76 and 1.17 mmag. Spectroscopic results place J1938+5609 and J2344-3427 among the long-period or hybrid pulsators, suggesting there may be further modes in these stars below our detection limits, with J0902-0720 placed firmly amongst the p-mode pulsators.
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx077
Rights Information
This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2017 the authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Asteroseismology, Stars: oscillations, Subdwarfs, Techniques: photometric
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Recommended Citation
Holdsworth, Daniel L., Roy H. Østensen, Barry Smalley, and John H. Telting. "Three new pulsating sdB stars discovered with SuperWASP." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 466, no. 4 (2017): 5020-5032.
Journal Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society