Testing the intrinsic scatter of the asteroseismic scaling relations with Kepler red giants
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Article Title | Testing the intrinsic scatter of the asteroseismic scaling relations with Kepler red giants |
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ERA Journal ID | 1074 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Li, Yaguang (Author), Bedding, Timothy R. (Author), Stello, Dennis (Author), Sharma, Sanjib (Author), Huber, Daniel (Author) and Murphy, Simon J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Journal Citation | 501 (3), pp. 3162-3172 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
1365-2966 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3932 |
Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/501/3/3162/6043216 |
Abstract | Asteroseismic scaling relations are often used to derive stellar masses and radii, particularly for stellar, exoplanet, and Galactic studies. It is therefore important that their precisions are known. Here we measure the intrinsic scatter of the underlying seismic scaling relations for Δν and νmax, using two sharp features that are formed in the H–R diagram (or related diagrams) by the red giant populations. These features are the edge near the zero-age core-helium-burning phase, and the strong clustering of stars at the so-called red giant branch bump. The broadening of those features is determined by factors including the intrinsic scatter of the scaling relations themselves, and therefore it is capable of imposing constraints on them. We modelled Kepler stars with a Galaxia synthetic population, upon which we applied the intrinsic scatter of the scaling relations to match the degree of sharpness seen in the observation. We found that the random errors from measuring Δν and νmax provide the dominating scatter that blurs the features. As a consequence, we conclude that the scaling relations have intrinsic scatter of ∼0.5 (Δν), ∼1.1 (νmax), ∼1.7 (M), and ∼0.4 per cent (R), for the SYD pipeline measured Δν and νmax. This confirms that the scaling relations are very powerful tools. In addition, we show that standard evolution models fail to predict some of the structures in the observed population of both the HeB and RGB stars. Further stellar model improvements are needed to reproduce the exact distributions. |
Keywords | stars: low-mass; stars: oscillations; stars: solar-type; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
Public Notes | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2021 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | University of Sydney |
University of Hawaii, United States |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7398/testing-the-intrinsic-scatter-of-the-asteroseismic-scaling-relations-with-kepler-red-giants
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