Models of μμ Her with asteroseismic constraints

preprint2009arXivOpen access

Abstract

Using the Yale stellar evolution code, models of mu Her based on asteroseismic measurements are constructed. A χ2χ^{2} minimization is performed to approach the best modeling parameters which reproduce the observations within their errors. By combining all non-asteroseismic constraints with asteroseismic measurements, we find that the observational constraints favour a model with a mass of 1.00−0.02+0.01^{+ 0.01}_{- 0.02} M⊙M_{\odot}, an age t = 6.433 ±\pm 0.04 Gyr, a mixing-length parameter αα = 1.75 ±\pm 0.25, an initial hydrogen abundance XiX_{i} = 0.605−0.005+0.01^{+ 0.01}_{- 0.005} and metal abundance ZiZ_{i} = 0.0275−0.001+0.002^{+ 0.002}_{- 0.001}. mu Her is in post-main sequence phase of evolution. The modes of ll = 1 show up the characteristics of avoided crossings, which may be applied to test the internal structure of this type stars. Asteroseismic measurements can be used as a complementary constraint on the modeling parameters. The models with mass 1.00 - 1.10 M⊙M_{\odot} can reproduce the observational constraints. Existing observed data of mu Her do not rule out these models.

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