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We use the new ZZ Ceti stars (hydrogen atmosphere white dwarf variables; DAVs) discovered within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Mukadam et al. 2004) to re-define the empirical ZZ Ceti instability strip. This is the first time since the…

The Kepler satellite mission delivers single band-pass light curves of a huge number of stars observed in the Cygnus-Lyra region opening a new window for asteroseismology. In order to accomplish one of the preconditions for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 A. Tkachenko , H. Lehmann , B. Smalley , K. Uytterhoeven

We present the Kepler light curve of KIC 4552982, the first ZZ Ceti (hydrogen-atmosphere pulsating white dwarf star) discovered in the Kepler field of view. Our data span more than 1.5 years with a 86% duty cycle, making it the longest…

We present a detailed model atmosphere analysis of hot white dwarfs in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 1. Our sample includes 19,321 unique targets with $G_{\rm BP}-G_{\rm RP}\leq0$. We use the DESI spectra…

We present the results of a search for white light flares on the ~23,000 cool dwarfs in the Kepler Quarter 1 long cadence data. We have identified 373 flaring stars, some of which flare multiple times during the observation period. We…

An initial assessment is made of white dwarf and hot subdwarf stars observed in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In a small area of sky (190 square degrees), observed much like the full survey will be, 269 white dwarfs and 56 hot subdwarfs are…

We report the detection of periodic variations on the T_eff ~32 000 K DA white dwarf star HE 1017-1352. We obtained time series photometry using the 4.1 m SOAR telescope on three separate nights for a total of 16.8 h. From the frequency…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 Alejandra D. Romero , L. Antunes Amaral , S. O. Kepler , L. Fraga , D. Kurtz , H. Shibahashi

Observations of planetary material polluting the atmospheres of white dwarfs are an important probe of the bulk composition of exoplanetary material. Medium- and high-resolution optical and ultraviolet spectroscopy of seven white dwarfs…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 L. K. Rogers , A. Bonsor , S. Xu , P. Dufour , B. L. Klein , A. Buchan , S. Hodgkin , F. Hardy , M. Kissler-Patig , C. Melis , A. J. Weinberger , B. Zuckerman

We present a new, better-constrained asteroseismic analysis of the helium-atmosphere (DB) white dwarf discovered in the field of view of the original Kepler mission. Observations obtained over the course of two years yield at least seven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-21 Agnes Kim , Roy Ostensen , J. J. Hermes , Judith Provencal

All stars in the Kepler field brighter than 12.5 magnitude have been classified according to variability type. A catalogue of {\delta} Scuti and {\gamma} Doradus stars is presented. The problem of low frequencies in {\delta} Sct stars,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 Luis A. Balona

The {\sl TESS} space mission has recently demonstrated its great potential to discover new pulsating white dwarf and pre-white dwarf stars, and to detect periodicities with high precision in already known white-dwarf pulsators. We report…

Brown dwarfs and planetary-mass companions display rotationally modulated photometric variability, especially those near the L/T transition. This variability is commonly attributed to top-of-atmosphere (TOA) inhomogeneities, with proposed…

In the course of their evolution, white-dwarf stars go through at least one phase of variability in which the global pulsations they undergo allow astronomers to peer into their interiors, this way making possible to shed light on their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-11 Alejandro H. Córsico

(Abridged) The Cataclysmic Variable (CV) population harbors a diverse range of donor stars and accreting white dwarfs (WDs). A range of WD masses is expected, from low mass Helium core WDs, to massive WDs which have previously accreted at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Phil Arras , Dean M. Townsley , Lars Bildsten

White dwarf stars are ubiquitous in the Galaxy, and are essential to understanding stellar evolution. While most white dwarfs are photometrically stable and reliable flux standards, some can be highly variable, which can reveal unique…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Maya Steen , J. J. Hermes , Joseph A. Guidry , Annabelle Paiva , Jay Farihi , Tyler M. Heintz , Brison B. Ewing , Nathanial Berry

White dwarfs are well studied objects. The relative simplicity of their physics allows to obtain very detailed models which can be ultimately compared with their observed properties. Among white dwarfs there is a specific class of stars,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. H. Corsico , O. G. Benvenuto , L. G. Althaus , J. Isern , E. Garcia-Berro

PG 1159-035 is the prototype of the DOV hot pre-white dwarf pulsators. It was observed during the Kepler satellite K2 mission for 69 days in 59 s cadence mode and by the TESS satellite for 25 days in 20 s cadence mode. We present a detailed…

The field of asteroseismology has enjoyed a large swath of data coming from recent missions (e.g., CoRoT, Kepler, K2). This wealth of new data has allowed the field to expand beyond the previous limitation of a few extremely bright and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 Richard J. Hanes , Steven Waskie , Jonathan M. Labadie-Bartz , Audrey Wall , Amber Boyer , M. Virginia McSwain

We present the results of time-series photometric analysis of 15106 A-K type stars observed by the Kepler space mission. We identified 513 new rotational variables and measured their starspot rotation periods as a function of spectral type…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-10 Sowgata Chowdhury , Santosh Joshi , Chris A. Engelbrecht , Peter De Cat , Yogesh. C. Joshi , K. T. Paul

We present a method to reliably select variable white dwarfs from large area time domain surveys and apply this method in a pilot study to search for pulsating white dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82. From a sample 400…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-29 Nicola Pietro Gentile Fusillo , J. J. Hermes , Boris T. Gänsicke