Towards a pure ZZ Ceti instability strip

Details Towards a pure ZZ Ceti instability strip Towards a pure ZZ Ceti instability strip

2006-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611332v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 3 figurs

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20065886

We have observed again two stars inside the ZZ Ceti instability strip that were previously classified as not-observed-to-vary (NOV) by Mukadam et al. (2004) and found them to be low-amplitude variables. Some evidence points to a pure ZZ Ceti instability strip; other evidence contests it. The two stars previously classified as NOV have Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic effective temperatures that place them inside the ZZ Ceti instability strip, and they were "contaminating" the strip as constant stars, which could indicate that the instability strip was no longer a simple evolutionary stage. A pure instability strip indicates that pulsation is a normal phase which all DAs must go through. We used effective temperatures derived from SDSS optical spectra by comparing them with model atmospheres to look for pulsators through time-resolved photometry and stars previously classified as NOV. Our new results indicate, but do not prove, a pure instability strip, because there are still other NOV stars that need to be observed again. Additionally, we have discovered five other ZZ Ceti stars based on their effective temperatures.

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