A Practical Introduction to Stellar Nonradial Oscillations (i) Rich Townsend University of Delaware ESO Chile ̶ November 2006 TexPoint fonts used in EMF. Read the TexPoint manual before you delete this box.: A AAA
Overview Historical Perspective –Radial pulsators –Nonradial pulsators Waves in stars Global oscillations Surface variations Rotation effects Driving mechanisms
p-mode Surface Variations
g-mode Surface Variations
p modes vs. g modes
Carnot Cycle
Excitation Mechanisms Add heat when temperature is high Remove heat when temperature is low Mechanisms: –κ : opacity –ε : nuclear energy –δ : superadiabatic stratification –γ : ionization
OPAL / OP Opacities
5 M ¯ model
WN model
Brown Dwarf model
Asteroseismology Compare observations against models –Frequencies –Multi-color light curve Amplitudes Phases –Spectroscopy Line-profile variations Mean profiles
Frequencies
Photometric Amplitudes ℓ = 1 ℓ = 2 ℓ = 3
Line-Profile Variations
lpv: Time-Series
Modeling Photometric –Semi-analytical Spectroscopic –Semi-analytical Moments TVS –Numerical BRUCE/KYLIE PULSTAR
Photometric Modeling Stamford & Watson (1981) Semi-analytical formula for flux changes
Photometry of SPB stars
Spectroscopic Modeling Represent stellar surface with mesh Perturb mesh with pulsation(s) Rasterize mesh Synthesize spectra for each pixel Combine spectra
Spectral Synthesis For each pixel: –Teff –log g –V – Interpolate spectrum in intensity grid
Pulsation & Rotation Coriolis force becomes significant when Ω/ω > 0.5 Pulsation confined within equatorial waveguide New formula –Townsend (2003) –Extends Dziembowski (1977) –Low-frequency (SPBs)
Effects of Rotation Townsend (2003)