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Observation of a Variable, ZZ Ceti White Dwarf: GD154

B. Pfeiffer, G. Vauclair, N. Dolez, M. Chevreton, J. R. Fremy, G. Herpe, M. A. Barstow, S. J. Kleinman, T. K. Watson, Juan Antonio Belmonte, S. O. Kepler, A. Kanaan, O. Giovannini, R. E. Nather, D. E. Winget, J. L. Provençal, J. C. Clemens, Paul A. Bradley, J. S. Dixson, A. D. Grauer, G. Fontaine, P. Bergeron, F. Wesemaël, C. F. Claver, T. Matzeh, Ε. M. Leibowitz, P. Moskalik

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The ZZ Ceti stars form a class of variable white dwarfs: the hydrogen dominated atmosphere ones, which do pulsate in an instability strip in the effective temperature range 13000K-11500K. We know 22 such ZZ Ceti white dwarfs. Their variations are caused by nonradial g-mode pulsations with periods are in the range 100-1000 seconds. A subsample of the ZZ Ceti stars shows amplitude variations on time scales of the order of one month. These variations could be driven by nonlinear phenomena.

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The ZZ Ceti stars form a class of variable white dwarfs: the hydrogen dominated atmosphere ones, which do pulsate in an instability strip in the effective temperature range 13000K-11500K. We know 22 such ZZ Ceti white dwarfs. Their variations are caused by nonradial g-mode pulsations with periods are in the range 100-1000 seconds. A subsample of the ZZ Ceti stars shows amplitude variations on time scales of the order of one month. These variations could be driven by nonlinear phenomena.

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The ZZ Ceti stars form a class of variable white dwarfs: the hydrogen dominated atmosphere ones, which do pulsate in an instability strip in the effective temperature range 13000K-11500K. We know 22 such ZZ Ceti white dwarfs. Their variations are caused by nonradial g-mode pulsations with periods are in the range 100-1000 seconds. A subsample of the ZZ Ceti stars shows amplitude variations on time scales of the order of one month. These variations could be driven by nonlinear phenomena.

Key concepts: White dwarf, Instability strip, Physics, Stars, Astrophysics, Variable star, Amplitude, Atmosphere (unit)

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