Observational Parameters of Blue Large-amplitude Pulsators

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Hauptverfasser: Pietrukowicz, P., Latour, M., Soszynski, I., Di Mille, F., King, P. Soto, Angeloni, R., Poleski, R., Udalski, A., Szymanski, M. K., Ulaczyk, K., Kozlowski, S., Skowron, J., Skowron, D. M., Mroz, P., Rybicki, K., Iwanek, P., Wrona, M., Gromadzki, M.
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author Pietrukowicz, P.
Latour, M.
Soszynski, I.
Di Mille, F.
King, P. Soto
Angeloni, R.
Poleski, R.
Udalski, A.
Szymanski, M. K.
Ulaczyk, K.
Kozlowski, S.
Skowron, J.
Skowron, D. M.
Mroz, P.
Rybicki, K.
Iwanek, P.
Wrona, M.
Gromadzki, M.
author_facet Pietrukowicz, P.
Latour, M.
Soszynski, I.
Di Mille, F.
King, P. Soto
Angeloni, R.
Poleski, R.
Udalski, A.
Szymanski, M. K.
Ulaczyk, K.
Kozlowski, S.
Skowron, J.
Skowron, D. M.
Mroz, P.
Rybicki, K.
Iwanek, P.
Wrona, M.
Gromadzki, M.
contents Blue large-amplitude pulsators (BLAPs) are a recently discovered class of short-period pulsating variable stars. In this work, we present new information on these stars based on photometric and spectroscopic data obtained for known and new objects detected by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey. BLAPs are evolved objects with pulsation periods in the range of 3-75 minutes, stretching between subdwarf B-type stars and upper main-sequence stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. In general, BLAPs are single-mode stars pulsating in the fundamental radial mode. Their phase-folded light curves are typically sawtooth-shaped, but many longer-period objects exhibit an additional bump. The long-term OGLE observations show that the period change rates of BLAPs are usually of the order of $10^{-7}$ yr$^{-1}$ and in a quarter of the sample are negative. The spectroscopic data indicate that the BLAPs form a homogeneous group in the period, surface gravity, and effective temperature spaces. However, we observe a split into two groups in terms of helium-to-hydrogen content. The atmospheres of the He-enriched BLAPs are more abundant in metals (about 5 times) than the atmosphere of the Sun. We discover that BLAPs obey a period--gravity relationship and we use the distance to OGLE-BLAP-009 to derive a period--luminosity relation. Most of the stars observed in the OGLE Galactic bulge fields seem to reside in the bulge, while the remaining objects likely are in the foreground Galactic disk.
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spellingShingle Observational Parameters of Blue Large-amplitude Pulsators
Pietrukowicz, P.
Latour, M.
Soszynski, I.
Di Mille, F.
King, P. Soto
Angeloni, R.
Poleski, R.
Udalski, A.
Szymanski, M. K.
Ulaczyk, K.
Kozlowski, S.
Skowron, J.
Skowron, D. M.
Mroz, P.
Rybicki, K.
Iwanek, P.
Wrona, M.
Gromadzki, M.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Blue large-amplitude pulsators (BLAPs) are a recently discovered class of short-period pulsating variable stars. In this work, we present new information on these stars based on photometric and spectroscopic data obtained for known and new objects detected by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey. BLAPs are evolved objects with pulsation periods in the range of 3-75 minutes, stretching between subdwarf B-type stars and upper main-sequence stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. In general, BLAPs are single-mode stars pulsating in the fundamental radial mode. Their phase-folded light curves are typically sawtooth-shaped, but many longer-period objects exhibit an additional bump. The long-term OGLE observations show that the period change rates of BLAPs are usually of the order of $10^{-7}$ yr$^{-1}$ and in a quarter of the sample are negative. The spectroscopic data indicate that the BLAPs form a homogeneous group in the period, surface gravity, and effective temperature spaces. However, we observe a split into two groups in terms of helium-to-hydrogen content. The atmospheres of the He-enriched BLAPs are more abundant in metals (about 5 times) than the atmosphere of the Sun. We discover that BLAPs obey a period--gravity relationship and we use the distance to OGLE-BLAP-009 to derive a period--luminosity relation. Most of the stars observed in the OGLE Galactic bulge fields seem to reside in the bulge, while the remaining objects likely are in the foreground Galactic disk.
title Observational Parameters of Blue Large-amplitude Pulsators
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16089