Rotational frequency splitting in Sun-like stars

DOI

Asteroseismology offers the prospect of constraining differential rotation in Sun-like stars. Here we have identified six high signal-to-noise main-sequence Sun-like stars in the Kepler field, which all have visible signs of rotational splitting of their p-mode frequencies. For each star, we extract the rotational frequency splitting and inclination angle from separate mode sets (adjacent modes with l=2, 0, and 1) spanning the p-mode envelope. We use a Markov chain Monte Carlo method to obtain the best fit and errors associated with each parameter. We are able to make independent measurements of rotational splittings of ~8 radial orders for each star. For all six stars, the measured splittings are consistent with uniform rotation, allowing us to exclude large radial differential rotation. This work opens the possibility of constraining internal rotation of Sun-like stars.

Cone search capability for table J/A+A/568/L12/table1 (Variance weighted mean rotational splittings , inclination , and rotation period {Omega}/{Omega}{sun} for the six Sun-like stars.)

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.35689012
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/568/L12
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Provenance
Creator Nielsen; M. B.; Gizon; L.; Schunker; H.; Schou; J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2014
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy