Bibcode
De Cat, Peter; Uytterhoeven, Katrien; Gutiérrez-Soto, Juan; Degroote, Pieter; Simón-Díaz, S.
Bibliographical reference
Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss, and critical limits, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 272, p. 433-444
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2011
Citations
6
Refereed citations
5
Description
The region of the hot end of the main-sequence is hosting pulsating
stars of different types and flavours. Pulsations are not only observed
for Slowly pulsating B stars (mid to late B-type stars; high order
g-modes) and β Cephei stars (early B-type stars; low order
p/g-modes) but are also causing variability in Be stars and
OB-supergiants. In this review we give an overview of the asteroseismic
observations that are currently available for these types of stars. The
first asteroseismic results were solely based on ground-based
observations. Recently, the arrival of space-based data gathered by
space missions like most, corot and kepler has led to important
discoveries for massive stars, highlighting their excellent
asteroseismic potential. We show that, despite the unprecedented
precision of the space-based data, there is still a clear need for
ground-based follow-up observations.