66 citations
2 papers
astro-ph2007★ 66 cited
Revised instability domains of SPB and beta Cephei stars
Andrea Miglio, Josefina Montalban, Marc-Antoine Dupret
The excitation of pulsation modes in beta Cephei and Slowly Pulsating B stars is known to be very sensitive to opacity changes in the stellar interior where T~2 10^5 K. In this reg…
astro-ph2006★ 8 cited
Instability strips of main sequence B stars: a parametric study of iron enhancement
A. Miglio, P. -O. Bourge, J. Montalban +1
The discovery of beta Cephei stars in low metallicity environments, as well as the difficulty to theoretically explain the excitation of the pulsation modes observed in some beta C…