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Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system

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  • Pierre F. L. Maxted

    (Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK)

  • Aldo M. Serenelli

    (Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (CSIC-IEEC), Facultad de Ciencias, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Spain)

  • Andrea Miglio

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK)

  • Thomas R. Marsh

    (University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK)

  • Ulrich Heber

    (Dr Karl Remeis Observatory and ECAP, Astronomical Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Sternwartstrasse 7, 96049 Bamberg, Germany)

  • Vikram S. Dhillon

    (University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK)

  • Stuart Littlefair

    (University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK)

  • Chris Copperwheat

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 1LD, UK)

  • Barry Smalley

    (Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK)

  • Elmé Breedt

    (University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK)

  • Veronika Schaffenroth

    (Dr Karl Remeis Observatory and ECAP, Astronomical Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Sternwartstrasse 7, 96049 Bamberg, Germany
    Institute for Astrophysics and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25/8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria)

Abstract

Measurements of a precursor to a low-mass white-dwarf star reveal that such white-dwarf stars probably had a thick hydrogen envelope, which was lost by irradiation or shell flashes in the case of rapidly cooling white-dwarf stars.

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  • Pierre F. L. Maxted & Aldo M. Serenelli & Andrea Miglio & Thomas R. Marsh & Ulrich Heber & Vikram S. Dhillon & Stuart Littlefair & Chris Copperwheat & Barry Smalley & Elmé Breedt & Veronika Schaffenro, 2013. "Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system," Nature, Nature, vol. 498(7455), pages 463-465, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:498:y:2013:i:7455:d:10.1038_nature12192
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12192
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