Title: Evidence of chaotic modes in the analysis of four delta Scuti stars,
Abstract: Since CoRoT observations unveiled the very low amplitude modes that form a
flat plateau in the power spectrum structure of delta Scuti stars, the nature
of this phenomenon, including the possibility of spurious signals due to the
light curve analysis, has been a matter of long-standing scientific debate. We
contribute to this debate by finding the structural parameters of a sample of
four delta Scuti stars, CID 546, CID 3619, CID 8669, and KIC 5892969, and
looking for a possible relation between these stars' structural parameters and
their power spectrum structure. For the purposes of characterization, we
developed a method of studying and analysing the power spectrum with high
precision and have applied it to both CoRoT and Kepler light curves. We obtain
the best estimates to date of these stars' structural parameters. Moreover, we
observe that the power spectrum structure depends on the inclination,
oblateness, and convective efficiency of each star. Our results suggest that
the power spectrum structure is real and is possibly formed by 2-period island
modes and chaotic modes.