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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 160, 2017
Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars 2016 – Using Today’s Successes to Prepare the Future – TASC2 & KASC9 Workshop – SPACEINN & HELAS8 Conference
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Article Number | 04007 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Seismology: Stars Beyond The Main Sequence | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716004007 | |
Published online | 27 October 2017 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716004007
An Analysis of Pulsating Subdwarf B Star EPIC 203948264 Observed During Campaign 2 of K2
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science, Missouri State University, 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65897, USA
* e-mail: ketzer.laura@gmail.com
* e-mail: MikeReed@missouristate.edu
Published online: 27 October 2017
We present a preliminary analysis of the newly–discovered pulsating subdwarf B (sdB) star EPIC 203948264. The target was observed for 83 days in short cadence mode during Campaign 2 of K2, the two–gyro mission of the Kepler space telescope. A time–series analysis of the data revealed 22 independent pulsation frequencies in the g–mode region ranging from 100 to 600 μHz (0:5 to 2:8 hours). The main method we use to identify pulsation modes is asymptotic period spacing, and we were able to assign all but one of the pulsations to either l = 1 or l = 2. The average period spacings of both sequences are 261:34 ± 0.78 s and 151:18 ± 0.34 s, respectively. The pulsation amplitudes range from 0.77 ppt down to the detection limit at 0.212 ppt, and are not stable over the duration of the campaign. We detected one possible low–amplitude, l = 2, rotationally split multiplet, which allowed us to constrain the rotation period to 46 days or longer. This makes EPIC 203948264 another slowly rotating sdB star.
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