TY - JOUR
T1 - Seismic analysis of HD 43587Aa, a solar-like oscillator in a multiple system
AU - Boumier, P.
AU - Benomar, O.
AU - Baudin, F.
AU - Verner, G.
AU - Appourchaux, T.
AU - Lebreton, Y.
AU - Gaulme, P.
AU - Chaplin, W.
AU - García, R. A.
AU - Hekker, S.
AU - Regulo, C.
AU - Salabert, D.
AU - Stahn, T.
AU - Elsworth, Y.
AU - Gizon, L.
AU - Hall, M.
AU - Mathur, S.
AU - Michel, E.
AU - Morel, T.
AU - Mosser, B.
AU - Poretti, E.
AU - Rainer, M.
AU - Roxburgh, I.
AU - Do Nascimento, J. D.
AU - Samadi, R.
AU - Auvergne, M.
AU - Chaintreuil, S.
AU - Baglin, A.
AU - Catala, C.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Context. The object HD 43587Aa is a G0V star observed during the 145-day LRa03 run of the COnvection, ROtation and planetary Transits space mission (CoRoT), for which complementary High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) spectra with S/N > 300 were also obtained. Its visual magnitude is 5.71, and its effective temperature is close to 5950 K. It has a known companion in a highly eccentric orbit and is also coupled with two more distant companions. Aims. We undertake a preliminary investigation of the internal structure of HD 43587Aa. Methods. We carried out a seismic analysis of the star, using maximum likelihood estimators and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. Results. We established the first table of the eigenmode frequencies, widths, and heights for HD 43587Aa. The star appears to have a mass and a radius slightly larger than the Sun, and is slightly older (5.6 Gyr). Two scenarios are suggested for the geometry of the star: either its inclination angle is very low, or the rotation velocity of the star is very low. Conclusions. A more detailed study of the rotation and of the magnetic and chromospheric activity for this star is needed, and will be the subject of a further study. New high resolution spectrometric observations should be performed for at least several months in duration.
AB - Context. The object HD 43587Aa is a G0V star observed during the 145-day LRa03 run of the COnvection, ROtation and planetary Transits space mission (CoRoT), for which complementary High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) spectra with S/N > 300 were also obtained. Its visual magnitude is 5.71, and its effective temperature is close to 5950 K. It has a known companion in a highly eccentric orbit and is also coupled with two more distant companions. Aims. We undertake a preliminary investigation of the internal structure of HD 43587Aa. Methods. We carried out a seismic analysis of the star, using maximum likelihood estimators and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. Results. We established the first table of the eigenmode frequencies, widths, and heights for HD 43587Aa. The star appears to have a mass and a radius slightly larger than the Sun, and is slightly older (5.6 Gyr). Two scenarios are suggested for the geometry of the star: either its inclination angle is very low, or the rotation velocity of the star is very low. Conclusions. A more detailed study of the rotation and of the magnetic and chromospheric activity for this star is needed, and will be the subject of a further study. New high resolution spectrometric observations should be performed for at least several months in duration.
KW - Asteroseismology
KW - Binaries: general
KW - Methods: data analysis
KW - Stars: individual: HD 43587Aa
KW - Stars: solar-type
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U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361/201322478
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361/201322478
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897393331
SN - 0004-6361
VL - 564
JO - Astronomy and Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy and Astrophysics
M1 - A34
ER -