Sylvie Vauclair

Influence of thermohaline convection on diffusion-induced iron accumulation in A stars (2009)

Théado, Sylvie, Vauclair, Sylvie, Alecian, Georges, LeBlanc, Francis

Atomic diffusion may lead to heavy element accumulation inside stars in certain specific layers. Iron accumulation in the Z-bump opacity region has been invoked by several authors to quantitatively...

What do stars tell us about planets? Asteroseismology of exoplanet-host stars (2008)

Vauclair, Sylvie

Studying the internal structure of exoplanet-host stars compared to that of similar stars without detected planets is particularly important for the understanding of planetary formation. The observed...

CS22964-161: A Double-Lined Carbon- and s-Process-Enhanced Metal-Poor Binary Star (2007)

Thompson, Ian B., Ivans, Inese I., Bisterzo, Sara, Sneden, Christopher, Gallino, Roberto, Vauclair, Sylvie, ...

A detailed high-resolution spectroscopic analysis is presented for the carbon-rich low metallicity Galactic halo object CS 22964-161. We have discovered that CS 22964-161 is a double-lined...

Helioseismic Constraints on the Solar Structure and the Solar Neutrino Problem (2007)

Sylvie Vauclair

INTRODUCTION The study of the internal structure of the Sun entered a new age with helioseismology. Several ground based networks, as well as the space mission SOHO, continuously observe the solar...

Asteroseismology of exoplanets-host stars: a link between the two scientific programmes of COROT (2007)

Vauclair, Sylvie, Castro, Matthieu, Charpinet, Stephane, Laymand, Marion, Soriano, Melanie, Vauclair, Gerard, ...

Studying the internal structure of exoplanets-host stars compared to that of similar stars without detected planets is particularly important for the understanding of planetary formation. The...

Asteroseismology of exoplanets-host stars: a link between the two scientific programmes of COROT (2006)

Vauclair, Sylvie, Castro, Matthieu, Charpinet, Stephane, Laymand, Marion, Soriano, Melanie, Vauclair, Gerard, ...

Studying the internal structure of exoplanets-host stars compared to that of similar stars without detected planets is particularly important for the understanding of planetary formation. The...

Asteroseismology of exoplanets-host stars (2006)

Vauclair, Sylvie

Studying the internal structure of exoplanets-host stars compared to that of similar stars without detected planets is particularly important for the understanding of planetary formation. The...

Seismic tests of accretion in central stars of planetary systems (2005)

Bazot, Michael, Vauclair, Sylvie

Central stars of extra-solar planetary systems are metal-rich. Planet accretion or initial surmetallicity can explain this observationnal fact. These scenarios can be tested with asteroseismology. We...

Asteroseismology of the planet-hosting star $\mu$ Arae. I. The acoustic spectrum (2005)

Bouchy, Francois, Bazot, Michael, Santos, N.C., Vauclair, Sylvie, Sosnowska, Danuta

We present HARPS spectroscopy of mu Arae (HD160691) performed for studying the origin of the metallicity excess in this planet-hosting stars. The asteroseismologic campaign led to the previously...

Asteroseismology of the planet-hosting star $\mu$ Arae. I. The acoustic spectrum (2005)

Bouchy, Francois, Bazot, Michael, Santos, N.C., Vauclair, Sylvie, Sosnowska, Danuta

We present HARPS spectroscopy of mu Arae (HD160691) performed for studying the origin of the metallicity excess in this planet-hosting stars. The asteroseismologic campaign led to the previously...

Asteroseismology of the planet-hosting star $\mu$ Arae. I. The acoustic spectrum (2005)

Bouchy, Francois, Bazot, Michael, Santos, N. C., Vauclair, Sylvie, Sosnowska, Danuta

We present HARPS spectroscopy of mu Arae (HD160691) performed for studying the origin of the metallicity excess in this planet-hosting stars. The asteroseismologic campaign led to the previously...

Asteroseismology of the planet-hosting star $\mu$ Arae. I. The acoustic spectrum (2005)

Bouchy, Francois, Bazot, Michael, Santos, N.C., Vauclair, Sylvie, Sosnowska, Danuta

We present HARPS spectroscopy of mu Arae (HD160691) performed for studying the origin of the metallicity excess in this planet-hosting stars. The asteroseismologic campaign led to the previously...

Asteroseismology of the planet-hosting star $\mu$ Arae. I. The acoustic spectrum (2005)

Bouchy, Francois, Bazot, Michael, Santos, N.C., Vauclair, Sylvie, Sosnowska, Danuta

We present HARPS spectroscopy of mu Arae (HD160691) performed for studying the origin of the metallicity excess in this planet-hosting stars. The asteroseismologic campaign led to the previously...

Asteroseismic Signatures of Helium gradients in Main-Sequence A Stars ; Application to the roAp Star HD60435 (2004)

Vauclair, Sylvie, Theado, Sylvie

Asteroseismology is found to be a excellent tool for detecting diffusion-induced helium gradients inside main-sequence A stars. Models have been computed for 1.6 and 2.0 M$_{\odot}$ stars with pure...

Element stratification in main sequence stars and its effect on stellar oscillations (2003)

Vauclair, Sylvie

The element settling due to the combined effects of gravity, thermal gradient, radiative acceleration and concentration gradient may lead to important abundance variations inside the stars, which...

Seismic tests of accretion in central stars of planetary systems (2003)

Bazot, Michael, Vauclair, Sylvie

Central stars of extra-solar planetary systems are metal-rich. Planet accretion or initial surmetallicity can explain this observationnal fact. These scenarios can be tested with asteroseismology. We...

Metallic fingers and metallicity excess in exoplanets host stars : the accretion hypothesis revisited (2003)

Vauclair, Sylvie

While the metallicity excess observed in the central stars of planetary systems is confirmed by all recent observations, the reason for this excess is still a subject of debate : is it primordial, is...

On the coupling between helium settling and rotation-induced mixing in stellar radiative zones : II- Numerical approach (2003)

Theado, Sylvie, Vauclair, Sylvie

In the first paper of this series, we discussed analytically, in an approximate way, the mixing processes which occur in slowly rotating stars when the feed-back effects due to the diffusion-induced...

On the Coupling between Helium Settling and Rotation-Induced Mixing in Stellar Radiative Zones: I- Analytical Approach (2003)

Vauclair, Sylvie, Theado, Sylvie

In the presence of rotation-induced mixing, element diffusion still occurs in stellar radiative zones, although at a slower rate than in the case of a complete stability of the stellar gas. As a...

On the Coupling between Helium Settling and Rotation-Induced Mixing in Stellar Radiative Zones: II- Application to light elements in population I main-sequence stars (2003)

Theado, Sylvie, Vauclair, Sylvie

In the two previous papers of this series, we have discussed the importance of t he $\mu$-gradients due to helium settling on rotation-induced mixing, first in a n approximate analytical way, second...

Seismic tests of accretion in central stars of planetary systems (2003)

Bazot, Michael, Vauclair, Sylvie

Central stars of extra-solar planetary systems are metal-rich. Planet accretion or initial surmetallicity can explain this observationnal fact. These scenarios can be tested with asteroseismology. We...

Seismic tests of accretion in central stars of planetary systems (2003)

Bazot, Michael, Vauclair, Sylvie

Central stars of extra-solar planetary systems are metal-rich. Planet accretion or initial surmetallicity can explain this observationnal fact. These scenarios can be tested with asteroseismology. We...

On the possible existence of a self-regulating hydrodynamical process in slowly rotating stars II. Lithium Plateau in Halo Stars and Primordial Abundance (2001)

Theado, Sylvie, Vauclair, Sylvie

The lithium plateau observed in halo stars has long appeared as a paradox in the general context of the lithium abundance behavior in stellar outer layers. First, the plateau is flat, second, the...

Transport Phenomena and Light Element Abundances in the Sun and Solar Type Stars (2000)

Vauclair, Sylvie

The observations of light elements in the Sun and Solar type stars give special clues for understanding the hydrodynamical processes at work in stellar interiors. In the Sun 7Li is depleted by 140...

Self-regulated hydrodynamical process in halo stars : a possible explanation of the lithium plateau (2000)

Theado, Sylvie, Vauclair, Sylvie

It has been known for a long time (Mestel~1953) that the meridional circulation velocity in stars, in the presence of mu-gradients, is the sum of two terms, one due to the classical thermal imbalance...

Lithium abundances in main-sequence F stars and sub-giants (2000)

Theado, Sylvie, Vauclair, Sylvie

The application to main-sequence stars of the rotation-induced mixing theory in the presence of mu-gradients leads to partial mixing in the lithium destruction region, not visible in the atmosphere....

On the possible existence of a self-regulating hydrodynamical process in slowly rotating stars : I Setting the stage (1999)

Vauclair, Sylvie

It has been known for a long time (Mestel 1953) that the meridional circulation velocity in stars, in the presence of mu-gradients, is the sum of two terms, one due to the classical thermal imbalance...

Light Element Settling in Main-Sequence Pop II Stars and the Primordial Lithium Abundance (1999)

Vauclair, Sylvie

While theoretical computations of the lithium abundances in Pop II stars predict variations from star to star, the most recent observations confirm the existence of a "lithium plateau" with no...

Element Settling in the Solar Interior (1998)

Vauclair, Sylvie

Element settling inside the Sun now becomes detectable from the comparison of the observed oscillation modes with the results of the theoretical models. This settling is due, not only to gravitation,...

Consistent Solar Models Including the $^7$Li and $^3$He Constraints (1998)

Vauclair, Sylvie, Richard, Olivier

Improvements induced by helioseismology show that microscopic diffusion cannot be neglected in solar models. Helium and metal diffusion is now generally introduced in the computations. They cannot...

Element Segregation in Low Metallicity Stars and the Primordial Lithium Abundance (1998)

Vauclair, Sylvie, Charbonnel, Corinne

Observational constraints on the primordial lithium abundance are important for the evaluation of the baryonic density of the universe. Its precise determination however suffers from uncertainties...

Diffusion et abondance des éléments légers dans les étoiles /--par Sylvie Vauclair-Gueudet. (1975)

Vauclair, Sylvie.

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