Asteroseismology of high-mass stars: new insights of stellar interiors with space telescopes

DM Bowman - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Massive stars are important metal factories in the Universe. They have short and energetic
lives, and many of them inevitably explode as a supernova and become a neutron star or …

[HTML][HTML] Variability of OB stars from TESS southern Sectors 1–13 and high-resolution IACOB and OWN spectroscopy

S Burssens, S Simón-Díaz, DM Bowman… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The lack of high-precision long-term continuous photometric data for large samples
of stars has impeded the large-scale exploration of pulsational variability in the OB star …

[HTML][HTML] Photometric detection of internal gravity waves in upper main-sequence stars-I. Methodology and application to CoRoT targets

DM Bowman, C Aerts, C Johnston… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Context. Main sequence stars with a convective core are predicted to stochastically excite
internal gravity waves (IGWs), which effectively transport angular momentum throughout the …

The CubeSpec space mission-I. Asteroseismology of massive stars from time-series optical spectroscopy: Science requirements and target list prioritisation

DM Bowman, B Vandenbussche, H Sana… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. There is currently a niche for providing high-cadence, high resolution, time-series
optical spectroscopy from space, which can be filled by using a low-cost cubesat mission …

BRITE-Constellation high-precision time-dependent photometry of the early O-type supergiant ζ Puppis unveils the photospheric drivers of its small- and large-scale …

T Ramiaramanantsoa, AFJ Moffat… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract From 5.5 months of dual-band optical photometric monitoring at the 1 mmag level,
BRITE-Constellation has revealed two simultaneous types of variability in the O4I (n) fp star ζ …

Diverse variability of O and B stars revealed from 2-minute cadence light curves in sectors 1 and 2 of the TESS mission: selection of an asteroseismic sample

MG Pedersen, S Chowdhury, C Johnston… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Uncertainties in stellar structure and evolution theory are largest for stars undergoing core
convection on the main sequence. A powerful way to calibrate the free parameters used in …

BRITE Constellation: data processing and photometry

A Popowicz, A Pigulski, K Bernacki, R Kuschnig… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. The BRIght Target Explorer (BRITE) mission is a pioneering space project aimed at
the long-term photometric monitoring of the brightest stars in the sky by means of a …

ϵ Lupi: measuring the heartbeat of a doubly magnetic massive binary with BRITE Constellation

H Pablo, M Shultz, J Fuller, GA Wade… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT ϵ Lupi A is a binary system consisting of two main-sequence early B-type stars
Aa and Ab in a short period, moderately eccentric orbit. The close binary pair is the only …

Low-frequency photospheric and wind variability in the early-B supergiant HD 2905

S Simón-Díaz, C Aerts, MA Urbaneja… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. Despite important advances in space asteroseismology during the last decade, the
early phases of evolution of stars with masses above~ 15 M⊙(including the O stars and their …

Characterization of the variability in the O+ B eclipsing binary HD 165246

C Johnston, N Aimar, M Abdul-Masih… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT O-stars are known to experience a wide range of variability mechanisms
originating at both their surface and their near-core regions. Characterization and …