Bibcode
Hernandez, M. M.; Perez Hernandez, F.; Michel, E.; Belmonte, J. A.; Goupil, M. J.; Lebreton, Y.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.338, p.511-520 (1998)
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1998
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Description
An analysis based on a comparison between observations and stellar
models has been carried out to identify radial modes of oscillations in
several multi-periodic delta Scuti stars of the Praesepe cluster (BU,
BN, BW and BS Cnc). The assumption that all the stars considered have
common parameters, such as metallicity, distance or age, is imposed as a
constraint. Even so, there is a large number of possible solutions,
partially caused by the rotational effects on the pulsation frequencies
and on the stars' positions in the HR diagram, which need to be
parameterized. When pairs of radial modes are assumed to be present in
every star, only a few similar identifications are found to be possible,
corresponding to a metallicity of Z ~ 0.030 and an amount of
overshooting of alpha_ov ~ 0.20. They are associated with a distance
modulus of ~ 6.43 and an age of ~ 650 Myr. Estimates of mass and
rotation rates for each star are also deduced.