KIC 10080943: a binary star with two $γ$ Doradus/$δ$ Scuti hybrid pulsators. Analysis of the g modes

We use four years of Kepler photometry to study the non-eclipsing spectroscopic binary KIC 10080943. We find both components to be $γ$ Doradus/$δ$ Scuti hybrids, which pulsate in both p and g modes. We present an analysis of the g modes, which is complicated by the fact that the two sets of $\ell=1$ modes partially overlap in the frequency spectrum. Nevertheless, it is possible to disentangle them by identifying rotationally split doublets from one component and triplets from the other. The identification is helped by the presence of additive combination frequencies in the spectrum that involve the doublets but not the triplets. The rotational splittings of the multiplets imply core rotation periods of about 11 d and 7 d in the two stars. One of the stars also shows evidence of $\ell=2$ modes.

No reviews yet.

No comments yet.