Asteroseismology of 1523 misclassified red giants using Kepler data
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Article Title | Asteroseismology of 1523 misclassified red giants using Kepler data |
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ERA Journal ID | 1074 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Yu, Jie (Author), Huber, Daniel (Author), Bedding, Timothy R. (Author), Stello, Dennis (Author), Murphy, Simon J. (Author), Xiang, Maosheng (Author), Bi, Shaolan (Author) and Li, Tanda (Author) |
Journal Title | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Journal Citation | 463 (2), pp. 1297-1306 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
1365-2966 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2074 |
Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/463/2/1297/2892515 |
Abstract | We analysed solar-like oscillations in 1523 Kepler red giants which have previously been misclassified as subgiants, with predicted νmax values [based on the Kepler Input Catalogue (KIC)] between 280 and 700 μHz. We report the discovery of 626 new oscillating red giants in our sample, in addition to 897 oscillators that were previously characterized by Hekker et al. from one quarter of Kepler data. Our sample increases the known number of oscillating low-luminosity red giants by 26 per cent (up to ∼1900 stars). About three quarters of our sample are classified as ascending red giant branch stars, while the remainder are red-clump stars. A novel scheme was applied to determine Δν for 108 stars with νmax close to the Nyquist frequency (387 μHz > νmax > 387 μHz). Additionally, we identified 47 stars oscillating in the super-Nyquist frequency regime, up to 387 μHz, using long-cadence light curves. We show that the misclassifications are most likely due to large uncertainties in KIC surface gravities, and do not result from the absence of broad-band colours or from different physical properties such as reddening, spatial distribution, mass or metallicity. The sample will be valuable to study oscillations in low-luminosity red giants and to characterize planet candidates around those stars. |
Keywords | Stars: oscillations; Techniques: photometric; 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 ©: 2016 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 |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | |
Beijing Normal University, China |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q73ww/asteroseismology-of-1523-misclassified-red-giants-using-kepler-data
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