Testing the internal physics of white dwarfs from their pulsational properties

Details Testing the internal physics of white dwarfs from their pulsational properties Testing the internal physics of white dwarfs from their pulsational properties

Jun 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004coast.145...13i&link_type=abstract

Communications in Asteroseismology, vol. 145, p. 13-15

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White dwarfs are well studied objects. The relative simplicity of their physics allows to obtain very detailed models which can be ultimately compared with their observed properties. Among white dwarfs there is a specific class of stars, known as ZZ-Ceti objects, which have a hydrogen-rich envelope and show periodic variations in their light curves. The rate of change of the period is closely related to the star's cooling timescale, which can be accurately computed. In this paper we study the pulsational properties of G117-B15A and we use the observed rate of change of the period to impose constraints on the axion emissivity. Although there are still several observational and theoretical uncertainties, we conclude that G117-B15A is a very promising stellar object to set up constraints on particle physics.

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