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Title:
Modeling of Alpha CEN and Procyon Using Vlti Observations
Authors:
Kervella, Pierre; Thévenin, Frédéric; Morel, Pierre; Berthomieu, Gabrielle; Provost, Jacqueline; Bordé, Pascal; Ségransan, Damien
Affiliation:
AA(European Southern Observatory), AB(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur), AC(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur), AD(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur), AE(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur), AF(Observatoire de Paris-Meudon), AG(Osbervatoire de Genève)
Journal:
Solar and Solar-Like Oscillations: Insights and Challenges for the Sun and Stars, 25th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 12, 18 July 2003, Sydney, Australia
Publication Date:
00/2003
Origin:
IAU
Bibliographic Code:
2003IAUJD..12E...1S

Abstract

We present a novel approach to model the nearby stars Alpha Centauri A & B and Procyon A using asteroseismic and interferometric constraints.

Using the VINCI instrument installed at the VLT Interferometer (VLTI) the angular diameters of the Alpha Centauri system were measured with a relative precision of 0.2% and 0.6% respectively. From these values we derive linear diameters of D[A] = 1.224 +/- 0.003 Dsun and D[B] = 0.863 +/- 0.005 Dsun. These diameters are in excellent agreement with the models of Thevenin et al. (2002) that use Bouchy & Carrier