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The combination of photometry, spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry of the chemically peculiar stars often aims to study the complex physical phenomena such as stellar pulsation, chemical inhomogeneity, magnetic field and their interplay with stellar atmosphere and circumstellar environment. The prime objective of this study is to determine the atmospheric parameters of a set of Am stars to understand their evolutionary status. Atmospheric abundances and basic parameters are determined using full spectrum fitting technique by comparing the high-resolution spectra to the synthetic spectra. To know the evolutionary status, we derive the effective temperature and luminosity from different methods and compare them with the literature. The location of these stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram demonstrates that all the sample stars are evolved from the zero-age main sequence towards terminal-age main sequence and occupy the region of δ Sct instability strip. The abundance analysis shows that the light elements e.g. Ca and Sc are underabundant while iron peak elements such as Ba, Ce, etc. are overabundant and these chemical properties are typical for Am stars. The results obtained from the spectropolarimetric analysis of our studied stars show that the longitudinal magnetic field is negligible in all of them, which further support to their Am class of peculiarity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT In this paper we present a high-resolution spectroscopic analysis of the chemically peculiar star HD 207561. During a survey programme to search for new rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) stars in the Northern hemisphere, Joshi et al. observed significant photometric variability on two consecutive nights in the year 2000. The amplitude spectra of the light curves obtained on these two nights showed oscillations with a frequency of 2.79 mHz ( P ∼ 6 min). However, subsequent follow-up observations could not confirm any rapid variability. In order to determine the spectroscopic nature of HD 207561, high-resolution spectroscopic and spectropolarimetric observations were carried out. A reasonable fit of the calculated Hβ line profile to the observed one yields an effective temperature ( Teff) and surface gravity (log g) of 7300 K and 3.7 dex, respectively. The derived projected rotational velocity ( v sin i) for HD 207561 is 74 km s−1, indicative of a relatively fast rotator. The position of HD 207561 in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram implies that this is slightly evolved from the main-sequence and located well within the δ-Scuti instability strip. The abundance analysis indicates the star has slight underabundances of Ca and Sc and mild overabundances of iron-peak elements. The spectropolarimetric study of HD 207561 shows that the effective magnetic field is within the observational error of 100 G. The spectroscopic analysis revealed that the star has most of the characteristics similar to an Am star, rather than an Ap star, and that it lies in the δ-Scuti instability strip; hence roAp pulsations are not expected in HD 207561, but low-overtone modes might be excited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT In 2009, the rapidly oscillating peculiar A-type (roAp) star 33 Lib was the target of an intense observing campaign, combining ground-based spectroscopy with space photometry obtained with the Microvariability and Oscillation of STars ( MOST) satellite. We collected 780 spectra using the Echelle Spectro Polarimetric Device for the Observation of Stars (ESPaDOnS) spectrograph attached at the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and 374 spectra with the Fibre-fed Echelle Spectrograph attached at the 2.56-m Nordic Optical Telescope to perform time-resolved spectroscopy of 33 Lib. In addition, we used 111 Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) spectra (2004) from the European Southern Observatory archive to check mode stability. Frequency analysis of the new radial velocity (RV) measurements confirms the previously reported frequency pattern (two frequencies and the first harmonic of the main one) and reveals an additional frequency at 1.991 mHz. The new frequency solution perfectly reproduces the RV variations from the 2004 and 2009 observational sets, providing strong support for p mode stability in this roAp star over at least 5 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present the results of the photometric and spectroscopic monitoring of the luminous Ap star HD 103498. The time-series photometric observations were carried out on 17 nights using a three-channel fast photometer attached to the 1.04-m optical telescope at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital. The photometric data from five nights in 2007 show a clear signature of 15-min periodicity. However, the follow-up observations during 2007–2009 did not reproduce any such periodicity. To confirm the photometric light variations, time-series spectroscopic observations were carried out with the 2.56-m Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) at La Palma on 2009 February 2. No radial velocity variations were present in this data set, which is in full agreement with the photometric observations taken around the same date. Model atmosphere and abundance analysis of HD 103498 show that the star is evolved from the main sequence and its atmospheric abundances are similar to those of two other evolved Ap stars, HD 133792 and HD 204411: large overabundances of Si, Cr and Fe and moderate overabundances of the rare-earth elements. These chemical properties and a higher effective temperature distinguish HD 103498 from any known roAp star. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) star 10 Aquilae (10 Aql) shows one of the lowest photometric pulsation amplitudes and is characterized by an unusual spectroscopic pulsational behaviour compared to other roAp stars. In summer 2006 this star became target of an intense observing campaign, that combined ground-based spectroscopy with space photometry obtained with the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations Stars) satellite. More than 1000 spectra were taken during seven nights over a time-span of 21 d with high-resolution spectrographs at the 8-m European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) and 3.6-m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) giving access to radial velocity variations of about 150 lines from different chemical species. A comparison of pulsation signatures in lines formed at different atmospheric heights allowed us to resolve the vertical structure of individual pulsation modes in 10 Aql which is the first time for a multiperiodic roAp star. Taking advantage of the clear oscillation patterns seen in a number of rare earth ions and using the contemporaneous MOST photometry to resolve aliasing in the radial velocity measurements, we improve also the determination of pulsation frequencies. The inferred propagation of pulsation waves in 10 Aql is qualitatively similar to other roAp stars: pulsation amplitudes become measurable in the layers where Y and Eu are concentrated, increase in layers where the Hα core is formed, reach a maximum of 200–300 m s−1 in the layers probed by Ce, Sm, Dy lines and then decrease to 20–50 m s−1 in the layers where Nd iii and Pr iii lines are formed. A unique pulsation feature of 10 Aql is a second pulsation maximum indicated by Tb iii lines which form in the uppermost atmospheric layers and oscillate with amplitudes of up to 350 m s−1. The dramatic decline of pulsations in the atmospheric layers probed by the strong Pr iii and Nd iii lines accounts for the apparent peculiarity of 10 Aql when compared to other roAp stars. The phase–amplitude diagrams and bisector measurements of the Nd iii 5102 Å line reveal a rapid change of phase and amplitude with height for all three main pulsation modes, indicating the presence of a pulsation node in the stellar atmosphere. Finally, we report the discovery of a puzzling asymmetry of the strong Nd iii lines with their blue wing extending up to , which is about 25 times the estimated value of . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]