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Element Diffusion in Pulsating Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

Joyce Ann Guzik
Joyce Ann Guzik*
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Abstract

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Can pulsation studies yield information on the operation of element diffusion in stars? Can diffusion explain unusual properties of pulsating variables? Element diffusion theory and recent research relevant to these questions will be reviewed, with emphasis on the Sun and δ Scuti stars. High-degree solar p-modes that are sensitive to helium ionization support a reduced convection zone helium abundance consistent with that expected from diffusion. Intermediate-degree p-modes can be used to probe the structure of the convection zone base and constrain possible diffusion-produced composition gradients. δ Scuti variables have shallow convection zones and relatively short diffusion timescales. Helium diffusion may explain unusual period ratios, influence period changes, and affect the amplitudes and light curve shapes of δ Scuti stars.

Type
Theoretical Breakthroughs
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 139: New Perspectives on Stellar Pulsation and Pulsating Variable Stars , 1993 , pp. 243 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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