SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars

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We have studied over 1600 Am stars at a photometric precision of 1mmag with SuperWASP photometric data. Contrary to previous belief, we find that around 200 Am stars are pulsating delta Sct and gamma Dor stars, with low amplitudes that have been missed in previous, less extensive studies. While the amplitudes are generally low, the presence of pulsation in Am stars places a strong constraint on atmospheric convection, and may require the pulsation to be laminar. While some pulsating Am stars have been previously found to be delta Sct stars, the vast majority of Am stars known to pulsate are presented in this paper. They will form the basis of future statistical studies of pulsation in the presence of atomic diffusion.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.35350003
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/535/A3
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Provenance
Creator Smalley B.; Kurtz D.W.; Smith A.M.S.; Fossati L.; Anderson D.R.,Barros S.C.C.; Butters O.W.; Collier Cameron A.; Christian D.J.; Enoch B.,Faedi F.; Haswell C.A.; Hellier C.; Holmes S.; Horne K.; Kane S.R.,Lister T.A.; Maxted P.F.L.; Norton A.J.; Parley N.; Pollacco D.L.,Simpson E.K.; Skillen I.; Southworth J.; Street R.A.; West R.G.,Wheatley P.J.; Wood P.L.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2011
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy