http://arxiv.org/abs/1611.09826
Context. As of today, asteroseismology mainly allows us to probe internal rotation of stars when modes are only weakly affected by rotation using perturbative methods. Such methods cannot be applied to rapidly rotating stars, which exhibit complex oscillation spectra. In this context, the so-called traditional approximation, which neglects the terms associated with the latitudinal component of the rotation vector, describes modes that are strongly affected by rotation and is sometimes used for interpreting asteroseismic data. However, its domain of validity is not established yet.
Aims. We aim at deriving analytical prescriptions for period spacings of low-frequency gravity modes strongly affected by rotation through the full Coriolis acceleration that can be used to probe stellar internal structure and rotation.
Methods. The asymptotic theory of gravito-inertial waves in uniformly rotating stars using ray theory described by Prat et al. (2016, A&A, 587, A110) is approximated in the low-frequency regime, where waves are trapped near the equatorial plane. The equations of ray dynamics are put into a separable form and the Einstein-Brillouin-Keller quantisation method is used to compute modes frequencies from rays.
Results. Two spectral patterns that depend on stratification and rotation are predicted within this new approximation: one for axisymmetric modes and one for non-axisymmetric ones.
Conclusions. The detection of the predicted patterns in observed oscillation spectra would give constraints on internal rotation and chemical stratification of rapidly rotating stars exhibiting gravity modes, such as {\gamma} Doradus, SPB, or Be stars. The obtained results have a mathematical form similar to that of the traditional approximation, but the new approximation takes the full Coriolis (which allows for propagation near the centre) and centrifugal accelerations into account.
V. Prat, S. Mathis, F. Lignieres, et. al.
Wed, 30 Nov 16
63/69
Comments: 9 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
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