1997A&A...324..578J -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 324, 578-586 (1997/8-2)
The onset of photometric variability in red giant stars.
JORISSEN A., MOWLAVI N., STERKEN C. and MANFROID J.
Abstract (from CDS):
The onset of variability in red giant stars is studied from the data collected by the `Long-Term Photometry of Variables' project which operates at ESO (La Silla) since 1982. The differential nature of the observations combined with a multi-night reduction algorithm enables to study the variability of over 50 red giants with an accuracy of the order of 2 to 3 millimagnitudes on time scales ranging from days to years. All red giants with spectral types late G to early K (i.e. b-y∼0.6-0.8) are stable at the level σy<6millimag (where σy is the standard deviation of the Stroemgren y magnitude). Red giants with later spectral types are all variable, and it is found that the minimum variability level σ_y, min_ increases with increasing b-y, thus defining a minimum-variability boundary. The new data obtained in this paper reveal that the time scale of the associated variability increases with increasing b-y (and thus amplitude), and that the stability of this time scale improves concomitantly. More precisely, irregular variations on time scales of 5 to 10-days (and σy∼7millimag) characterize red giants with b-y∼1.0, whereas the variations (with σy∼100millimag) become more regular with periods of the order of 50d for red giants with b-y∼1.3. A radial-velocity jitter (of the order of 1.5km/s r.m.s.) is associated with this photometric variability, and suggests that stellar oscillations may be responsible for the observed variations.
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stars: late-type - stars: variable: other - stars: oscillations
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