Two new pulsating low-mass pre-white dwarfs or SX Phoenicis stars?

2016/01/30 by M. Corti, M. A. Corti, A. Kanaan +6 · 17 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Asteroseismology #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Context (archaeology) #Geology #Low Mass #Physics #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #White dwarf #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527458

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 587, L5 (EDP Sciences) · 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in A&AL

arxiv created 2016/01/30 · openalex publication_date 2016/02/13 · arxiv updated 2016/03/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The discovery of pulsations in low-mass stars opens an opportunity to probe their interiors and determine their evolution by employing the tools of asteroseismology.

Citations

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