Internal rotation of subdwarf B stars: limiting cases and asteroseismological consequences

Abstract

Observations of the rotation rates of horizontal branch (HB) stars show puzzling systematics. In particular, cooler HB stars often show rapid rotation (with velocities in excess of 10 km/s), while hotter HB stars typically show much smaller rotation velocities. Simple models of angular momentum evolution of stars from the main sequence through the red giant branch fail to explain these effects. In general, evolutionary models in all cases preserve a rapidly rotating core. The observed angular velocities of HB stars require that some of the angular momentum stored in the core reaches the surface. To test the idea that HB stars contain such a core, one can appeal to detailed computations of trace element abundences and rotational mixing. However, a more direct probe is available to test these limiting cases of angular momentum evolution. Some of the hottest horizontal branch stars are members of the pulsating sdB class. They frequently show rich pulsation spectra characteristic of nonradially pulsating stars. Thus their pulsations probe the internal rotation of these stars, and should show the effects of rapid rotation in their cores. Using models of sdB stars that include angular momentum evolution, we explore this possibility and show that some of the sdB pulsators may indeed have rapidly rotating cores.

arXiv commentaccepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

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