Long-Term Changes in the Periods of SX Phe

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doi:10.1071/AS06025

Long-Term Changes in the Periods of SX Phe

H. Landes ^A, K. R. Bambery ^A ^B, D. W. Coates ^A, K. Thompson ^A

^A School of Physics, Building 27, Monash University, Melbourne VIC 3800, Australia
^B Corresponding author. Email: keith.bambery@sci.monash.edu.au





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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 24(1) 41–45 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AS06025
Submitted: 24 October 2006 Accepted: 29 March 2007 Published online: 4 May 2007

Abstract

We have used times of maximum light for SX Phe, obtained by ourselves and other workers over 55 years to study the behaviour of the fundamental and first overtone radial pulsation modes of the star. We find (1/P₀)dP₀/dt to be (+2.53 ± 0.05) × 10^–8 yr^–1 and (1/P₁)dP₁/dt to be (–1.60 ± 0.03) × 10^–7 yr^–1, which differ significantly from the value +1.9 × 10^–9 yr^–1 expected if the changes are due to standard evolution of the star. The residuals in O–C from a quadratic fit cannot be explained by a light–time effect in a binary. There is some evidence that the amplitudes of the two modes change slowly with time.

Keywords: stars: oscillations — stars: Population II — stars: variables: Delta Scuti — stars: individual: SX Phe