Measuring the evolution of the most stable optical clock G 117-B15A

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2005-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507487v1

Astrophys.J.634:1311-1318,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

22 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/497002

We report our measurement of the rate of change of period with time dP/dt for the 215 s periodicity in the pulsating white dwarf G 117-B15A, the most stable optical clock known. After 31 years of observations, we have finally obtained a 4 sigma measurement dP/dt_observed = (4.27 +/- 0.80) x 10^{-15} s/s. Taking into account the proper-motion effect of dP/dt_pm = (7.0 +/- 2.0) x 10^{-16} s/s, we obtain a rate of change of period with time of dP/dt = (3.57 +/- 0.82) x 10^{-15} s/s. This value is consistent with the cooling rate in our white dwarf models only for cores of C or C/O. With the refinement of the models, the observed rate of period change can be used to accurately measure the ratio of C/O in the core of the white dwarf.

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