Bibcode
Jiménez, A.; García, R. A.; Pérez Hernández, F.; Mathur, S.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 583, id.A74, 15 pp.
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2015
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Description
Gravito-acoustic modes in the Sun and other stars propagate in resonant
cavities with a frequency below a given limit known as the cut-off
frequency. At higher frequencies, waves are no longer trapped in the
stellar interior and become traveller waves. In this article, we study
six pulsating solar-like stars at different evolutionary stages observed
by the NASA Kepler mission. These high signal-to-noise targets show a
peak structure that extends at very high frequencies and are good
candidates for studying the transition region between the modes and
interference peaks or pseudo-modes. Following the same methodology
successfully applied on Sun-as-a-star measurements, we uncover the
existence of pseudo-modes in these stars with one or two dominant
interference patterns depending on the evolutionary stage of the star.
We also infer their cut-off frequency as the midpoint between the last
eigenmode and the first peak of the interference patterns. Using ray
theory we show that, while the period of one of the interference
patterns is very close to half the large separation, the period of the
other interference pattern depends on the time phase of mixed waves,
thus carrying additional information on the stellar structure and
evolution.
Appendix A is available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.org
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