2010/04/15 by A. Mazumdar, Anwesh Mazumdar, E. Michel +3 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1004.2739
4 pages, Proceedings of the HELAS-IV International Conference, submitted to Astronomische Nachrichten
openalex publication_date 2010/04/15 · arxiv created 2010/04/16 · arxiv updated 2010/04/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It has been established earlier that sharp features like the base of the convective zone or the second helium ionisation zone inside a star give rise to sinusoidal oscillations in the frequencies of pulsation. The acoustic depth of such features can be estimated from this oscillatory signal in the frequencies. We apply this technique for the CoRoT frequencies of the solar-type star HD49933. This is the first time that such analysis has been done of seismic data for any star other than the Sun. We are able to determine the acoustic depth of both the base of the convective zone and the HeII ionisation zone of HD49933 within 10% error from the second differences of the frequencies. The locations of these layers using this technique is in agreement with the current seismic models of HD49933.