Bibcode
Pfeiffer, B.; Vauclair, G.; Dolez, N.; Chevreton, M.; Fremy, J.-R.; Barstow, M.; Belmonte, J. A.; Kepler, S. O.; Kanaan, A.; Giovannini, O.; Fontaine, G.; Bergeron, P.; Wesemael, F.; Grauer, A. D.; Nather, R. E.; Winget, D. E.; Provencal, J.; Clemens, J. C.; Bradley, P. A.; Dixson, J.; Kleinman, S. J.; Watson, T. K.; Claver, C. F.; Matzeh, T.; Leibowitz, E. M.; Moskalik, P.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.314, p.182-190
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1996
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51
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38
Description
This paper presents the results of high speed photometric observations
of the cool variable DA white dwarf (DAV) GD 154 obtained with the Whole
Earth Telescope. GD 154 is one of the coolest pulsating DA white dwarfs
and its study is important for understanding the red edge of the ZZ Ceti
instability strip. Its power spectrum is dominated by three independent
modes (P_1_=1186.5s, P_2_=1088.6s and P_3_=402.6s), and their harmonics
and linear combinations. None of the half-integer harmonics reported in
previous observations were present during the WET campaign. We propose
that the observed modes are trapped in the thin outer hydrogen layers.
From the resulting identification of the pulsation modes, one derives an
estimate of the rotation period (2.3days) and of the mass of the outer
hydrogen layer (2x10^-10^M*).