open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6819; stars: fundamental parameters; stars: interiors; stars: oscillations; techniques: photometric
Abstract :
[en] Asteroseismology of stars in clusters has been a long-sought goal because the assumption of a common age, distance, and initial chemical composition allows strong tests of the theory of stellar evolution. We report results from the first 34 days of science data from the Kepler Mission for the open cluster NGC 6819—one of the four clusters in the field of view. We obtain the first clear detections of solar-like oscillations in the cluster red giants and are able to measure the large frequency separation, Δν, and the frequency of maximum oscillation power, ν[SUB]max[/SUB]. We find that the asteroseismic parameters allow us to test cluster membership of the stars, and even with the limited seismic data in hand, we can already identify four possible non-members despite their having a better than 80% membership probability from radial velocity measurements. We are also able to determine the oscillation amplitudes for stars that span about 2 orders of magnitude in luminosity and find good agreement with the prediction that oscillation amplitudes scale as the luminosity to the power of 0.7. These early results demonstrate the unique potential of asteroseismology of the stellar clusters observed by Kepler.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Stello, Dennis; Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Basu, Sarbani; Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA
Bruntt, Hans; LESIA, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Denis Diderot, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France
Mosser, Benoît; LESIA, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Denis Diderot, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France
Stevens, Ian R.; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Brown, Timothy M.; Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, Goleta, CA 93117, USA
Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jørgen; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Gilliland, Ronald L.; Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Kjeldsen, Hans; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Arentoft, Torben; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Ballot, Jérôme; Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 14 av E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
Barban, Caroline; LESIA, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Denis Diderot, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France
Bedding, Timothy R.; Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Chaplin, William J.; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Elsworth, Yvonne P.; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Goupil, Marie-Jo; LESIA, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Denis Diderot, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France
Hekker, Saskia; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Huber, Daniel; Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Mathur, Savita; Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India
Meibom, Søren; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Sangaralingam, Vinothini; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Baldner, Charles S.; Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA
Belkacem, Kevin ; Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique de l'Université de Liège, 17 Allée du 6 Août, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Brogaard, Karsten; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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D'Antona, Francesca; INAF-Osservatorio di Roma, via di Frascati 33, I-00040 Monteporzio, Italy
Demarque, Pierre; Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA
Esch, Lisa; Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA
Gai, Ning; Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA ; Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Grundahl, Frank; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Lebreton, Yveline; GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
Jiang, Biwei; Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Jevtic, Nada; Department of Physics & Engineering Technology, Bloomsburg University, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, USA
Karoff, Christoffer; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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