Space observations of B stars with CoRoT
Auvergne, M.; Deleuil, M.; Jorda, L.; Ollivier, M.; Ribas, I.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Michel, E.; Niemczura, E.; Baglin, A.; Catala, C.; Samadi, R.; Morel, T.; Aerts, C.; Cuypers, J.; Debosscher, J.; Miglio, A.; Montalbán, J.; Briquet, M.; De Cat, P.; Thoul, A.; Degroote, P.; Noels, A.; Maceroni, C.
Belgium, Poland, Spain, Italy, France
Abstract
We present the preliminary results of the exploration of pulsating B stars observed with the CoRoT space mission. The previously known group of Slowly Pulsating B stars gains a substantial amount of new candidates, offering the opportunity to test stellar models beyond individual cases. Besides these well-defined stars, the analysis of other B star candidate pulsators hints towards the presence of different variability behaviour, co-existing in the same space in terms of the timescale of the variations and location in the (Teff, logg) diagram.