[en] We have investigated the influence of global metallicity on the excitation mechanism of roAp star pulsations. Our computations show that the opacity in the driving region of the roAp modes is strongly sensitive to the metal content but surprisingly the roAp theoretical instability strip is only weakly affected by metallicity changes.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Theado, S.
Dupret, Marc-Antoine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique stellaire théorique
Noels-Grötsch, Arlette ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Language :
English
Title :
The driving mechanism of roAp stars : effects of global metallicity
Publication date :
01 December 2008
Journal title :
Communications in Asteroseismology
ISSN :
1021-2043
eISSN :
2224-8374
Publisher :
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Austria
