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Heartbeat stars (HBSs) are ideal laboratories for studying the formation and evolution of binary stars in eccentric orbits and their mutual tidal interactions. We present 42 new HBSs discovered based on TESS-SPOC and QLP data. Their…

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We report the discovery of nine previously unknown gamma-ray pulsars in a blind search of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The pulsars were found with a novel hierarchical search method originally developed for detecting…

We present the results of a photometric variability survey in the young open cluster Stock 14 and the surrounding fields. In total, we detected 103 variable stars of which 88 are new discoveries. We confirm short-period, low-amplitude light…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-01 D. Drobek , A. Pigulski , R. R. Shobbrook , A. Narwid

We analyze data on pulsation amplitudes and phases for two $\beta$ Cephei stars, $\delta$ Cet and $\nu$ Eri. Str\"omgren photometry and radial velocity measurements are used simultaneously to obtain constraints on mean parameters of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Daszynska-Daszkiewicz , W. A. Dziembowski , A. A. Pamyatnykh

CCD photometry in the V band is presented for 7 field RR Lyrae stars selected from a sample of eight variables which, according to data collected in the literature, are expected to be {\it ab}-type pulsators, to have short periods and hence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 G. Clementini , M. Tosi , A. Bragaglia , R. Merighi , C. Maceroni

$\beta$ Cephei pulsating variable (BCEP) stars are the most massive pulsating variable stars in the main sequence, exhibiting both p- and g-mode pulsations. In this study, we identified 155 BCEP stars or candidates using data from TESS and…

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We present results of a multi-site photometric campaign on the high-amplitude $\delta$\,Scuti star KIC\,6382916 in the {\it Kepler} field. The star was observed over a 85-d interval at five different sites in North America and Europe during…

The $\beta$ Cephei stars represent an important class of massive star pulsators probing the evolution of B-type stars and the transition from main sequence to hydrogen-shell burning evolution. By understanding $\beta$ Cep stars, we gain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 Hilding R. Neilson , Richard Ignace

We present the results of a spectroscopic follow-up of various puzzling variable objects detected in the OGLE-III Galactic disk and bulge fields. The sample includes mainly short-period multi-mode pulsating stars that could not have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-30 P. Pietrukowicz , M. Latour , R. Angeloni , F. di Mille , I. Soszynski , A. Udalski , C. Germana

Aims. We are attempting to better understand how stellar pulsations in close binary systems are affected, and possibly induced, by tidal, Coriolis, and centrifugal forces. Methods. We analyzed TESS data for some 50,000 potential eclipsing…

We present results of a photometric study of the young southern open cluster Stock 14. This cluster is known to contain two eclipsing systems with presumed beta Cephei components, HD 101794 and HD 101838. We confirm variability due to…

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New photometric observations of seven intermediate mass pre-main sequence delta Scuti candidates are presented. The periods and pulsation modes are derived for two of these stars, namely HD 35929 and V351 Ori. The comparison between…

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B-type stars are promising targets for asteroseismic modelling, since their frequency spectrum is relatively simple. We deduce and summarise observational constraints for the hybrid pulsator, HD50230, earlier reported to have deviations…

Measuring g-mode pulsations of isolated white dwarfs can reveal their interior properties to high precision. With a spectroscopic mass of ~0.51 M_{\odot} (log g = 7.82), the DAV white dwarf HS 1824+6000 is near the transition between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Justin D. R. Steinfadt , Lars Bildsten , Eran O. Ofek , Shri R. Kulkarni

We analysed V-filter ASAS-3 photometry of 41 known Beta Cephei-type stars. The ASAS-3 photometry was combined with the archival data, if available, to determine long-term stability of periods and amplitudes of excited modes. We detected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Pigulski , G. Pojmanski

Globular clusters contain a unique pulsar population, with many exotic systems that can form only in their dense stellar environments. The leap in sensitivity of the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) in India, especially at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-09 T. Gautam , A. Ridolfi , P. C. C. Freire , R. S. Wharton , Y. Gupta , S. M. Ransom , L. S. Oswald , M. Kramer , M. E. DeCesar

The Kepler spacecraft provides new opportunities to search for long term frequency and amplitude modulations of oscillation modes in pulsating stars. We ana- lyzed nearly two years of uninterrupted data obtained with this instrument on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-26 W. Zong , S. Charpinet , G. Vauclair

Under the Nainital-Cape Survey, eight $\delta\,$Scuti type pulsators have been discovered with the pulsation periods in the range of several minutes to few hours. In order to understand these observed pulsational variabilities, we have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Abhay Pratap Yadav

The Kepler spacecraft is providing time series of photometric data with micromagnitude precision for hundreds of A-F type stars. We present a first general characterization of the pulsational behaviour of A-F type stars as observed in the…