AGO

Séminaires du
Département d'Astrophysique, Géophysique et Océanographie

http://www.ago.ulg.ac.be/PeM/Semi

Vendredi 28 août, 16h00

Salle de réunion AGO (local -1/14)
Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique
Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 Août, 19C, B-4000 Liège 1 (Sart-Tilman)

Internal rotation and magnetic fields of the intermediate-mass main-sequence star KIC 9244992

Masao Takata
(The University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Todai))



Asteroseismology is the study of the structure and dynamics of stars based on their surface oscillations.  This field has advanced considerably in recent years due to the high-precision photometry provided by space missions such as CoRoT, Kepler and TESS, and this progress is set to continue with the upcoming PLATO mission.  This presentation focuses on the F-type main-sequence star KIC 9244992, which was observed by the Kepler space telescope for almost four years.  It is a pulsating variable star of the delta Sct and gamma Dor hybrid type, meaning its oscillation periods fall into two regimes: a few hours for acoustic modes and approximately one day for gravity modes.  The most notable aspect is the clean rotational multiplets evident in the Fourier spectrum of the light curve.  I will first summarise the results of its internal rotation and then introduce a recent result concerning its internal magnetic fields.