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Investigating the A-Type Stars Using Kepler Data

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Authors:
  1. Simon J. Murphy

    1. Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney, Redfern, Australia

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Central Lancashire, UK
  • Presents the first comprehensive review of A stars in three decades
  • Demonstrates novel techniques for asteroseismology as applied to the revolutionary Kepler data
  • Guides the reader through various classes of peculiar stars with insightful reviews of the literature
  • Includes the most detailed investigations ever, of a pulsating Am star and of an SX Phe star
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. A Fourier View of Kepler Data

    • Simon J. Murphy
    Pages 1-52

  3. An Observational Review of Rotation in A Stars

    • Simon J. Murphy
    Pages 53-89

  4. A Selective Review of Spectral Peculiarities in the A Stars

    • Simon J. Murphy
    Pages 91-126

  5. A Pulsation Review of Delta Scuti and Related Stars

    • Simon J. Murphy
    Pages 127-162

  6. Kepler Catalogues and Published Case Studies

    • Simon J. Murphy
    Pages 163-193

  7. Conclusions and Future Work

    • Simon J. Murphy
    Pages 195-199

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 201-204
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About this book

Simon Murphy's thesis has significant impact on the wide use of the revolutionary Kepler Mission data, leading to a new understanding in stellar astrophysics. It first provides a deep characterisation and comparison of the Kepler long cadence and short cadence data, with particular insight into the Kepler reduction pipeline. It then brings together modern reviews of rotation and peculiarities in A-type stars, and their relationship with the pulsating delta Scuti stars. This is the first combined review of these subjects since the classic monograph by Sydney Wolff, "The A stars," was published three decades ago. The thesis presents a novel technique, Super-Nyquist Asteroseismology, that has opened up the asteroseismic study of thousands of Kepler stars. It shows case studies of delta Scuti stars examining amplitude growth, super-Nyquist pulsation, and pulsation in a high-amplitude, population II SX Phoenicis star in a 343-d binary. This work informs our understanding of the relation of rotation to peculiarity, hence has applications to atomic diffusion theory. This is a brilliant thesis written in an elegant and engaging style.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney, Redfern, Australia

    Simon J. Murphy

About the author

Simon Murphy is Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Sydney Institute for Astronomy. His research interests are the plethora of phenomena found in A-type stars, especially chemical peculiarities and pulsation and the development of novel data analysis practices, such as Super-Nyquist Asteroseismology and Phase Modulation analysis. He is involved in organising the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC) working group on classical pulsators. Simon Murphy is the winner of a Runner up prize in “Experienced Presenter” category for oral presentation at UCLan’s graduate research conference, 2012, the Winner of “Best Poster” category at UCLan’s graduate research conference, 2011 and the Selina Bright scholarship for best exam results at the University of Manchester in 2010.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Investigating the A-Type Stars Using Kepler Data

  • Authors: Simon J. Murphy

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09417-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09416-8Published: 01 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36323-3Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09417-5Published: 20 September 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 204

  • Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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