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Rapid Pulsations in Ap Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Peter Martinez  and
D.W. Kurtz
Peter Martinez
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa
D.W. Kurtz
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Abstract

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The rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) stars are upper mainsequence stars that pulsate in non-radial p modes of high overtone. We present an observer’s overview of the roAp phenomenon and discuss significant developments since the last major observational reviews of Kurtz (1990a) and Matthews (1991).

Type
Part 1. The Scientific Programme
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 155: Astrophysical Applications of Stellar Pulsation , 1995 , pp. 58 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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