The potential for super-Nyquist asteroseismology with TESS
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Article Title | The potential for super-Nyquist asteroseismology with TESS |
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ERA Journal ID | 1074 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Murphy, Simon J. |
Journal Title | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Journal Citation | 453 (3), pp. 2569-2575 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
1365-2966 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1842 |
Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/453/3/2569/1751878 |
Abstract | The perfect 30-min cadence of the full-frame images from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will impose a hard Nyquist limit of 24 d-1 (≈278 μHz). This will be problematic for asteroseismology of stars with oscillation frequencies at or around that Nyquist limit, which will have insurmountable Nyquist ambiguities. TESS does offer some observing slots at shorter cadences, but these will be limited in number and competitive, while the full-frame images will be the main data product for many types of variable stars. We show that the Nyquist ambiguities can be alleviated if, when TESS resumes observations after a downlink, integrations are not resumed at perfect cadence with those before the downlink. The time spent idling before integrations are resumed need only be around 5 min for satisfactory results, and observing time can be recouped from the downlink event if the telescope does not wait for a return to perfect cadence before resuming integrations. The importance of imperfect cadence after downlink is discussed in light of phase coverage of transit events. |
Keywords | Asteroseismology; Stars: oscillations; Stars: variable: general; Stars: variable: δ Scuti; Techniques: photometric; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Method |
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 ©: 2015 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Sydney |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q739x/the-potential-for-super-nyquist-asteroseismology-with-tess
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