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Measuring The Evolutionary Rate Of Cooling Of ZZ Ceti

Mukadam, Anjum S.; Bischoff-Kim, Agnes; Fraser, Oliver; Corsico, A. H.; Montgomery, Michael H.; Kepler, S. O.; Romero, A. D.; Winget, D. E.; Hermes, J. J.; Riecken, T. S.; Kronberg, M. E.; Winget, K. I.; Falcon, Ross E.; Chandler, Dean W.; Kuehne, J. W.; Sullivan, Denis J.; Reaves, D.; von Hippel, Ted; Mullally, Fergal; Shipman, H.; Thompson, Susan E.; Silvestri, N. M.; Hynes, Robert I. (2013-07)

We have finally measured the evolutionary rate of cooling of the pulsating hydrogen atmosphere (DA) white dwarf ZZ Ceti (Ross 548), as reflected by the drift rate of the 213.13260694 s period. Using 41 yr of time-series ...

First Unambiguous Detection of the Return of Pulsations in the Accreting White Dwarf SDSS J074531.92+453829.6 After an Outburst

Mukadam, Anjum S.; Townsley, D. M.; Szkody, P.; Gansicke, B. T.; Winget, D. E.; Hermes, J. J.; Howell, Steve B.; Teske, J.; Patterson, J.; Kemp, J.; Armstrong, Eve (2011-02)

The primary white dwarf of the cataclysmic variable SDSS J074531.92+453829.6 was discovered to exhibit non-radial pulsations in 2006 January. This accreting white dwarf underwent its first recorded dwarf nova outburst in ...

A Status Report On A Planet Search Around White Dwarf Stars

Hermes, J. J.; Mullally, F.; Winget, D. E.; Montgomery, M. H.; Miller, G. F.; Ellis, J. L. (2010-08)

We have continued monitoring a pilot sample of 15 isolated, pulsating DA white dwarfs for center-of-mass motion caused by a planetary companion. Roughly 7 years into our survey, we have preliminary evidence for periodic ...

Limits Of Perturbative Nonlinear Light Curve Analyses: The Case Of G117-B15A

Montgomery, M. H.; Hermes, J. J.; Winget, D. E. (2010-08)

This poster examines the nonlinear combination frequencies found in the DAV G117-B15A. Using multiple epochs of observations we show that the ratio of the amplitude of the combination frequencies to those of the parent ...

Enigmatic Recurrent Pulsational Variability Of The Accreting White Dwarf EQ LYN (Sdss J074531.92+453829.6)

Mukadam, Adam S.; Townsley, D. M.; Szkody, Paula; Gaansicke, B. T.; Southworth, J.; Brockett, T.; Parsons, S.; Hermes, J. J.; Montgomery, M. H.; Winget, D. E.; Harrold, S.; Tovmassian, G.; Zharikov, S.; Drake, A. J.; Henden, A.; Rodriguez-Gil, P.; Sion, E. M.; Zola, S.; Szymanski, T.; Pavlenko, E.; Aungwerojwit, A.; Qian, S. B. (2013-09)

Photometric observations of the cataclysmic variable EQ Lyn (SDSS J074531.92+453829.6), acquired from 2005 October to 2006 January, revealed high-amplitude variability in the range 1166-1290 s. This accreting white dwarf ...

Precision Asteroseismology Of The Pulsating White Dwarf Gd 1212 Using A Two-Wheel-Controlled Kepler Spacecraft

Hermes, J. J.; Charpinet, S.; Barclay, Thomas; Pakstiene, E.; Mullally, Fergal; Kawaler, Steven D.; Bloemen, S.; Castanheira, Barbara G.; Winget, D. E.; Montgomery, Michael H.; Van Grootel, V.; Huber, Daniel; Still, Martin; Howell, Steve B.; Caldwell, Douglas A.; Haas, Michael R.; Bryson, Stephen T. (2014-07)

We present a preliminary analysis of the cool pulsating white dwarf (WD) GD 1212, enabled by more than 11.5 days of space-based photometry obtained during an engineering test of the two-reaction-wheel-controlled Kepler ...

Discovery of an Ultramassive Pulsating White Dwarf

Hermes, J. J.; Kepler, S. O.; Castanheira, Barbara G.; Gianninas, A.; Winget, D. E.; Montgomery, M. H.; Brown, Warren R.; Harrold, Samuel T. (2013-07)

We announce the discovery of the most massive pulsating hydrogen-atmosphere white dwarf (WD) ever discovered, GD 518. Model atmosphere fits to the optical spectrum of this star show it is a 12,030 +/- 210 K WD with a log ...

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 ...

Discovery of A ZZ Ceti in the Kepler Mission Field

Hermes, J. J.; Mullally, Fergal; Ostensen, R. H.; Williams, Kurtis A.; Telting, John; Southworth, John; Bloemen, S.; Howell, Steve B.; Everett, Mark; Winget, D. E. (2011-11)

We report the discovery of the first identified pulsating DA white dwarf, WD J1916+3938 (Kepler ID 4552982), in the field of the Kepler mission. This ZZ Ceti star was first identified through ground-based, time-series ...

A Second Case of Outbursts in A Pulsating White Dwarf Observed By Kepler

Hermes, J. J.; Montgomery, M. H.; Bell, Keaton J.; Chote, P.; Gansicke, B. T.; Kawaler, Steven D.; Clemens, J. Christopher; Dunlap, B. H.; Winget, D. E.; Armstrong, D. J. (2015-09)

We present observations of a new phenomenon in pulsating white dwarf stars: large-amplitude outbursts at timescales much longer than the pulsation periods. The cool (T-eff = 11,060 K), hydrogen-atmosphere pulsating white ...