Bibcode
Vauclair, G.; Belmonte, J. A.; Pfeiffer, B.; Grauer, A. D.; Jimenez, A.; Chevreton, M.; Dolez, N.; Vidal, I.; Herpe, G.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 264, no. 2, p. 547-556.
Fecha de publicación:
10
1992
Número de citas
7
Número de citas referidas
5
Descripción
An analysis of about 27 h of fast photometry of the cool ZZ Ceti white
dwarf PG2303+243 reveals (1) the presence of many modes (as many as 22),
some of them of low enough amplitude to have escaped previous detection,
and (2) a short time scale (less than 10 d) drastic variation in
amplitude. A preliminary identification of the modes observed in
PG2303+243 is carried out on the basis of the assumptions that the
frequency spectrum is stable and that it can be represented by the
theoretical spectrum deduced from the linear adiabatic analysis. It is
suggested that 10 of the 22 modes observed may be identified as g-modes
of l = 1, 2, 3, and 4, trapped, or partially trapped, in the outer
hydrogen envelope. According to the present analysis, the mass of the
hydrogen envelope in PG2303+243 would be constrained in the range of
-8.7 to -7.6, if a total mass of 0.6 solar mass and an effective
temperature of 12,000 K are assumed.