Non-radial pulsations in the Be/X binaries 4U 0115+63 and SAX J2103.5+4545
Abstract
The discovery of non-radial pulsations (NRP) in the Be/X binaries of the Magellanic Clouds (MC, eg. Fabrycky 2005, Coe et al. 2005, Schmidtke & Cowley 2005) provided a new approach to understand these complex systems, and, at the same time, favoured the synergy between two different fields: stellar pulsations and X-ray binaries. This breakthrough was possible thanks to the MACHO and OGLE surveys. However, in our Galaxy, only two Be/X have been reported to show NRP: GRO J2058+42 (Kiziloglu et al. 2007) and LSI+61 235 (Sarty et al. 2009). Our objective is to study the short-term variability of Galactic Be/X binaries, compare them to the Be/X of the MC and to the isolated Galactic Be observed with corot and kepler. We present preliminary results of two Be/X stars, namely 4U 0115+63 and SAX J2103.5+4545 showing multiperiodicity and periodicity respectively, most probable produced by NRP.
- Publication:
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Active OB Stars: Structure, Evolution, Mass Loss, and Critical Limits
- Pub Date:
- July 2011
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1010.1913
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..272..505G
- Keywords:
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- stars: oscillations (including pulsations);
- stars: emission-line;
- Be;
- X-rays: binaries;
- stars: individual (4U 0115+63;
- SAX J2103.5+4545);
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 2 pages, 2 figures, IAUS 272 "Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss and critical limits" conference, Paris, July 2010, submitted