Volume 359, Issue 3 pp. 865-873

The chemical composition of δ Scuti

A. Yushchenko

Corresponding Author

A. Yushchenko

Astrophysical Research Center for the Structure and Evolution of the Cosmos (ARCSEC), Sejong University, Seoul, 143-747, Korea

Odessa Astronomical Observatory, Odessa National University, Park Shevchenko, Odessa, 65014, Ukraine

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V. Gopka

Corresponding Author

V. Gopka

Odessa Astronomical Observatory, Odessa National University, Park Shevchenko, Odessa, 65014, Ukraine

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Chulhee Kim

Corresponding Author

Chulhee Kim

Department of Earth Science Education, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756, Korea

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F. Musaev

Corresponding Author

F. Musaev

Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnij Arkhyz, Zelenchuk, Karachaevo-Cherkesiya, 369167, Russia

The International Centre for Astronomical, Medical and Ecological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Golosiiv, Kiev, 03680, Ukraine

Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory, NAS of Azerbaijan, Yusif Mamedaliev, Shamakhy, Azerbaijan

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Y. W. Kang

Y. W. Kang

Astrophysical Research Center for the Structure and Evolution of the Cosmos (ARCSEC), Sejong University, Seoul, 143-747, Korea

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V. Kovtyukh

V. Kovtyukh

Odessa Astronomical Observatory, Odessa National University, Park Shevchenko, Odessa, 65014, Ukraine

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C. Soubiran

C. Soubiran

Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers, CNRS UMR 5804, BP 89, 33270 Floirac, France

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First published: 25 April 2005
Citations: 2

Based on observations obtained at the 2-m telescope of Peak Terskol Observatory – International Center for Astronomical, Medical and Ecological Research, Ukraine and Russia, VLT, IUE, Houte-Provence Observatory 1.88-m telescope.

ABSTRACT

We present chemical abundances in the photosphere of δ Scuti (δ Sct) – a prototype of the class of pulsating variables – determined from the analysis of a spectrum obtained by using the 2-m telescope at the Peak Terskol Observatory and a high-resolution spectrometer with R= 52 000, a signal-to-noise ratio 250 and from International Ultraviolet Explorer spectra. The abundance pattern of δ Sct consists of 49 chemical elements. The abundances of 19 elements have not been investigated previously. The abundances of Pr and Nd obtained from the lines of the second and third spectra are equal. The abundances of heavy elements indicate the overabundances with respect to the solar system values up to 1 dex. The abundance pattern of δ Sct is similar to the abundance patterns of Am–Fm or δ Del type stars.

A splitting of the cores of all clean lines is observed for the spectra of δ Sct and HD 57749. This can signify evidence of non-radial pulsations in these stars.

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