Eight new Scuti stars

Delta Scuti and Related Stars

The results obtained by means of the photometric approach to the study of δ Sct stars are extensively discussed. The different frequency contents of the three best candidates for asteroseismological studies (FG Vir, 4 CVn and XX Pyx) are presented and compared; the importance of the amplitude variations and of the combination terms is emphasized. The analysis of other multiperiodic variables sh...

IRAS Observations of Scuti Stars

Four New δ Scuti Pulsators from a Variability Survey of 131 Stars

In a photometric variability survey of 131 stars with B . 14 mag, we have found four new δ Scuti stars. We were sensitive to oscillation amplitudes as low as a few mmag. The detection rate of short-period (P < 0.1 d) pulsating variable stars, which may be relevant for planned large variability surveys such as GAIA, POI, and even the LSST, was therefore 3%. All four new variable stars have low p...

Discrete Cosmological Self-Similarity and Delta Scuti Variable Stars

Within the context of a fractal paradigm that emphasizes nature’s well-stratified hierarchical organization, the δ Scuti class of variable stars is investigated for evidence of discrete cosmological self-similarity. Methods that were successfully applied to the RR Lyrae class of variable stars are used to identify Atomic Scale analogues of δ Scuti stars and their relevant range of energy levels...

Period changes of δ Scuti stars and stellar evolution

Period changes of δ Scuti stars have been collected or redetermined from the available observations and are compared with values computed from evolutionary models with and without convective core overshooting. For the radial pulsators of Pop. I, the observations indicate (1/P) dP/dt values around 10 year with equal distribution between period increases and decreases. The evolutionary models, on...