TESS Observations of the Pleiades Cluster: A Nursery for δ Scuti Stars

A seismological analysis of δ Scuti stars in the Pleiades cluster

A comparison between the oscillation frequencies of six multi-periodic δ Scuti stars of the Pleiades cluster and the eigenfrequencies of rotating stellar models that match the corresponding stellar parameters has been carried out. The assumption that all the stars considered have some common parameters, such as metallicity, distance or age, is imposed as a constraint. As a result, we have a bes...

A Study of Convection with δ Scuti Stars in Open Clusters : the Pleiades

In this work we propose a preliminary seismic investigation of δ Scuti stars in the Pleiades cluster, focusing on potential diagnostics of convection and core-overshooting. Taking into account the effect of fast rotation in the modelling, we compare observed frequencies for 4 δ Scuti stars with radial linear instability predictions. A satisfying agreement is reached between the predicted ranges...

IRAS Observations of Scuti Stars

The search for δ Scuti stars in open clusters

In order to improve the tests of models of stellar evolution, observations giving tighter constraints on the models were initiated by the formation of an informal group STACC (Frandsen, 1992). The purpose of the group is to search for and make observations of δ Scuti stars in open clusters. This paper presents some of the results of the search, mainly for distant open clusters with a rich popul...

Hipparcos parallaxes and the nature of δ Scuti stars ?

Hipparcos parallaxes give new tests of the nature of δ Sct variables. For many individual stars accurate distances are now available, i.e. directly determined luminosities and radii can be used to test theoretical models. Of particular interest are the at present very unclear relations between high–amplitude δ Sct stars and the much more abundant low–amplitude δ Sct variables, and the relations...