1. Search for p-mode oscillations in RX J2117.1+3412
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A. Fernandez, F. Roques, Chih-Yuan Liu, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, F. Dauny, T. Fan, A. Doressoundiram, I. C. Shih, B. Christophe, Y. S. Wu, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Observatoire de Saint-Sulpice N°947
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Physics ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Oscillation ,Mode (statistics) ,White dwarf ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Photometer ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Stars ,Space and Planetary Science ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Cadence ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Relative amplitude ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
We report the effort to search for white dwarf p-mode oscillations in RX J2117.1+3412 (V2027 Cyg), a GW Vir star. The data were taken with Miosotys, a multi-fiber photometer, mounted on the 1.93-m telescope at Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP) with a 20-Hz cadence in May 2010 and June 2012. Two intriguing signatures at 1.2081 Hz and 2.5852 Hz were found at 3.8-σ and 3.5-σ significance levels, respectively. However, possible atmospheric effects cannot be ruled out. If these two features are not real, the 3-σ upper limit of the relative amplitude for the possible oscillations in the frequency range from 1 to 10 Hz is estimated to be about 6 × 10 −4 . This is the first report in the literature for a p-mode oscillation search of GW Vir stars.
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- 2013
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