Oscillation Frequencies and Mode Lifetimes in α Centauri A
- 10 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 614 (1) , 380-385
- https://doi.org/10.1086/423484
Abstract
We analyse our recently-published velocity measurements of alpha Cen A (Butler et al. 2004). After adjusting the weights on a night-by-night basis in order to optimize the window function to minimize sidelobes, we extract 42 oscillation frequencies with l=0 to 3 and measure the large and small frequency separations. We give fitted relations to these frequencies that can be compared with theoretical models and conclude that the observed scatter about these fits is due to the finite lifetimes of the oscillation modes. We estimate the mode lifetimes to be 1-2 d, substantially shorter than in the Sun.Comment: Accepted by ApKeywords
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