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Two New Tidally Distorted White Dwarfs

Hermes, J. J.; Kilic, Mukremin; Brown, Warren R.; Montgomery, Michael H.; Winget, D. E. (2012-04)

We identify two new tidally distorted white dwarfs (WDs), SDSS J174140.49+652638.7 and J211921.96-001825.8 (hereafter J1741 and J2119). Both stars are extremely low mass (ELM, <= 0.2 M-circle dot)WDs in short-period, ...

Seismology Of A Massive Pulsating Hydrogen Atmosphere White Dwarf

Kepler, S. O.; Pelisoli, Ingrid; Pecanha, Viviane; Costa, J. E. S.; Fraga, Luciano; Hermes, J. J.; Winget, D. E.; Castanheira, Barbara; Corsico, A. H.; Romero, A. D.; Althaus, Leandro; Kleinman, S. J.; Nitta, Atsuko; Koester, Detlev; Kulebi, Baybars; Jordan, Stefan; Kanaan, Antonio (2012-10)

We report our observations of the new pulsating hydrogen atmosphere white dwarf SDSS J132350.28+010304.22. We discovered periodic photometric variations in frequency and amplitude that are commensurate with nonradial g-mode ...

Rapid Orbital Decay in the 12.75-Minute Binary White Dwarf J0651+2844

Hermes, J. J.; Kilic, Mukremin; Brown, Warren R.; Winget, D. E.; Prieto, Carlos Allende; Gianninas, A.; Mukadam, Anjum S.; Cabrera-Lavers, Antonio; Kenyon, Scott J. (2012-10)

We report the detection of orbital decay in the 12.75-minute, detached binary white dwarf (WD) SDSS J065133.338+284423.37 (hereafter J0651). Our photometric observations over a 13 month baseline constrain the orbital period ...

HST And Optical Data Reveal White Dwarf Cooling, Spin, And Periodicities In GW Librae 3-4 Years After Outburst

Szkody, Paula; Mukadam, Anjum S.; Gansicke, Boris T.; Henden, Arne; Sion, Edward M.; Townsley, Dean; Chote, Paul; Harmer, Diane; Harpe, Eric J.; Hermes, J. J.; Sullivan, Denis J.; Winget, D. E. (2012-07)

Since the large amplitude 2007 outburstwhich heated its accreting, pulsatingwhite dwarf, the dwarf nova system GW Librae has been cooling to its quiescent temperature. Our Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet spectra combined ...

SDSS J184037.78+642312.3: the First Pulsating Extremely Low Mass White Dwarf

Hermes, J. J.; Montgomery, M. H.; Winget, D. E.; Brown, Warren R.; Kilic, Mukremin; Kenyon, Scott J. (2012-05)

We report the discovery of the first pulsating extremely low mass (ELM) white dwarf (WD), SDSS J184037.78+642312.3 (hereafter J1840). This DA (hydrogen-atmosphere) WD is by far the coolest and the lowest-mass pulsating WD, ...