Bibcode
García Hernández, A.; Suárez, J. C.; Moya, A.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; Guo, Z.; Reese, D. R.; Pascual-Granado, J.; Barceló Forteza, S.; Martín-Ruiz, S.; Garrido, R.; Nieto, J.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 471, Issue 1, p.L140-L144
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10
2017
Citations
37
Refereed citations
34
Description
The work reported here demonstrates that it is possible to accurately
determine surface gravities of δ Scuti (δ Sct) stars using
the frequency content from high-precision photometry and a measurement
of the parallax. Using a sample of 10 eclipsing binary systems with a
δ Sct component and the unique δ Sct star discovered with a
transiting planet, WASP-33, we were able to refine the
Δν-\bar{ρ } relation. Using this relation and parallaxes,
we obtained independent values for the masses and radii, allowing us to
calculate the surface gravities without any constraints from
spectroscopic or binary analysis. A remarkably good agreement was found
between our results and those published, extracted from the analysis of
the radial velocities and light curves of the systems. This reinforces
the potential of Δν as a valuable observable for δ Sct
stars and settles the degeneracy problem for the log g determination
through spectroscopy.