Early asteroseismic results from Kepler

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We present a seismic analysis of the pulsating hot B subdwarf KPD 1943+4058 (KIC 005807616) on the basis of the long-period, gravity-mode pulsations recently uncovered by Kepler. This is the first time that g-mode seismology can be exploited quantitatively for stars on the extreme horizontal branch, all previous successful seismic analyses having been confined so far to short-period, p-mode pulsators. We demonstrate that current models of hot B subdwarfs can quite well explain the observed g-mode periods, while being consistent with independent constraints provided by spectroscopy. We identify the 18 pulsations retained in our analysis as low-degree ({l}=1 and 2), intermediate-order (k=-9 through -58) g-modes. The periods (frequencies) are recovered, on average, at the 0.22% level, which is comparable to the best results obtained for p-mode pulsators. We infer the following structural and core parameters for KPD 1943+4058 (formal fitting uncertainties only): T_eff_=28050+/-470K, logg=5.52+/-0.03, M_=0.496+/-0.002M{sun}, log(M_env/M)=-2.55+/-0.07, log(1-M_core_/M_*)=-0.3+/-0.01, and X_core(C+O)=0.261+/-0.008. We additionally derive the age of the star since the zero-age extended horizontal branch 18.4+/-1.0Myr, the radius R=0.203+/-0.007R_{sun}, the luminosity L=22.9+/-3.13L{sun}, the absolute magnitude M_V=4.21+/-0.11, the reddening index E(B-V)=0.094+/-0.017, and the distance d=1180+/-95pc.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.17189097
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/718/L97
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Provenance
Creator Van Grootel V.; Charpinet S.; Fontaine G.; Brassard P.; Green E.M.,Randall S.K.; Silvotti R.; Ostensen R.H.; Kjeldsen H.,Christensen-Dalsgaard J.; Borucki W.J.; Koch D.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2012
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Physics; Stellar Astronomy