SDSS J0349-0059 is a GW Virginis star
Abstract
High speed photometric observations of the spectroscopically-discovered PG 1159 star SDSS J034917.41-005917.9 in 2007 and 2009 reveal a suite of pulsation frequencies in the range of 1038 - 3323 microHz with amplitudes between 3.5 and 18.6 mmag. SDSS J034917.41-005917.9 is therefore a member of the GW Vir class of pulsating pre-white dwarfs. We have identified 10 independent pulsation frequencies that can be fitted by an asymptotic model with a constant period spacing of 23.61 +/- 0.21 s, presumably associated with a sequence of l = 1 modes. The highest amplitude peak in the suite of frequencies shows evidence for a triplet structure, with a frequency separation of 14.4 microHz. Five of the identified frequencies do not fit the l = 1 sequence, but are, however, well-modeled by an independent asymptotic sequence with a constant period spacing of 11.66 +/- 0.13 s. It is unclear to which l mode these frequencies belong.
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@article{arxiv.1208.1844,
title = {SDSS J0349-0059 is a GW Virginis star},
author = {Patrick A. Woudt and Brian Warner and Ewald Zietsman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.1844},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in MNRAS; 5 pages, 6 figures and 4 tables