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    • An independent method for determining the age of the universe 

      Winget, Donald Earl; Liebert, James; Horn, H.M. van; Fontaine, Gilles; Nather, R. Edward; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Lamb, Donald Q.; Hansen, Carl J.; Hasen, C.J. (1987) [Artículo de periódico]
      The oldest white dwarf stars in the solar neighborhood are still observable, and their luminosity distribution can be used to determine directly the age of the Galactic disk and, somewhat less directly, the age of the ...
    • Asteroseismology of RXJ 2117+3412, the hottest pulsating PG 1159 star 

      Vauclair, Gérard; Moskalik, Pawel; Pfeiffer, Ben; Chevreton, Michel; Dolez, Noël; Serre, B.; Kleinman, Scot James; Barstow, Martin A.; Sansom, A.E.; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Belmonte, J.A.; Kawaler, Steven D.; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Giovannini Junior, Odilon; Winget, Donald Earl; Watson, Todd K.; Nather, R. Edward; Clemens, J. Christopher; Provencal, Judith L.; Dixson, James S.; Yanagida, K.; Nitta, Atsuko; Montgomery, Michael Houston; Klumpe, Eric W.; Bruvold, A.; O'Brien, M. Sean; Hansen, Carl J.; Grauer, Albert D.; Bradley, Paul A.; Wood, Matthew A.; Achilleos, Nicholas; Jiang, Shi Yang; Fu, Jianning Ning; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Ashoka, B.N.; Meistas, Edmundas G.; Chernyshev, A.V.; Mazeh, Tsevi; Leibowitz, Elia M.; Hemar, Shirley; Krzesinski, Jerzy; Pajdosz, Gabriel; Zola, Staszek (2002) [Artículo de periódico]
      The pulsating PG 1159 planetary nebula central star RXJ 2117+3412 has been observed over three successive seasons of a multisite photometric campaign. The asteroseismological analysis of the data, based on the 37 identified ...
    • Asteroseismology of the dov star PG 1159-035 with the Whole Earth Telescope 

      Winget, Donald Earl; Hansen, Carl J.; Fontaine, Gilles; Achilleos, Nicholas; Wickramasinghe, D.T.; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Seetha, S.; Ashoka, B.N.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Warner, B.; Kurtz, Donald W.; Buckley, David A.H.; Brickhill, J.; Vauclair, Gérard; Dolez, Noël; Chevreton, Michel; Barstow, Martin A.; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Hine, B.P.; Grauer, Albert D.; Frueh, M.L.; Claver, C.F.; Wood, Matthew A.; Bradley, Paul A.; Kleinman, Scot James; Provencal, Judith L.; Clemens, J. Christopher; Nather, R. Edward (1991) [Artículo de periódico]
      We report the results from 264.1 hr of nearly continuous time-series photometry on the pulsating pre-white dwarf star (DOV) PG 1159-035. The high-resolution power spectrum of this data set is dominated by power in the range ...
    • Observational limits on companions to g29-38 

      Kleinman, Scot James; Nather, R. Edward; Winget, Donald Earl; Clemens, J. Christopher; Bradley, Paul A.; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Provencal, Judith L.; Claver, C.F.; Watson, Todd K.; Yanagida, K.; Dixson, James S.; Wood, Matthew A.; Sullivan, Denis J.; Meistas, Edmundas G.; Leibowitz, Elia M.; Moskalik, Pawel; Zola, Staszek; Pajdosz, Y.; Krzesinski, Jerzy; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Bruvold, A.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Katz, M.; Vauclair, Gérard; Dolez, Noël; Chevreton, Michel; Barstow, Martin A.; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Giovannini Junior, Odilon; Hansen, Carl J.; Kawaler, Steven D. (1994) [Artículo de periódico]
      Recent interest in the variable (DAV) white dwarf G29-38 has been stirred by a tentative report of a radial velocity variation that may be due to an unseen companion. Earlier evidence for a brown dwarf in the system has ...
    • Observations of the pulsating white dwarf G 185-32 

      Castanheira, Bárbara Garcia; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Moskalik, Pawel; Zola, Staszek; Pajdosz, Gabriel; Krzesinski, Jerzy; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Katz, M.; Buckley, David A.H.; Vauclair, Gérard; Dolez, Noël; Chevreton, Michel; Barstow, Martin A.; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Giovannini Junior, Odilon; Provencal, Judith L.; Kawaler, Steven D.; Clemens, J. Christopher; Nather, R. Edward; Winget, Donald Earl; Watson, Todd K.; Yanagida, K.; Dixson, James S.; Hansen, Carl J.; Bradley, Paul A.; Wood, Matthew A.; Sullivan, Denis J.; Kleinman, Scot James; Meistas, Edmundas G.; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Bruvold, A.; Leibowitz, Elia M.; Mazeh, Tsevi; Koester, D.; Montgomery, Michael Houston (2004) [Artículo de periódico]
      We observed the pulsating hydrogen atmosphere white dwarf G 185–32 with the Whole Earth Telescope in 1992. We report on a weighted Fourier transform of the data detecting 18 periodicities in its light curve. Using the ...
    • The pulsations of PG 1351+489 

      Redaelli, Maurício; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Costa, Jose Eduardo da Silveira; Winget, Donald Earl; Handler, Gerald; Castanheira, Bárbara Garcia; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Fraga, Luciano; Henrique, P.; Giovannini Junior, Odilon; Provencal, Judith L.; Shipman, Harry L.; Dalessio, J.; Thompson, S. E.; Mullally, Fergal; Brewer, M. M.; Childers, D.; Oksala, M. E.; Rosen, Rachel; Wood, Matthew A.; Reed, M. D.; Walter, B.; Strickland, Willie; Chandler, Dean W.; Watson, Todd K.; Nather, R. Edward; Montgomery, Michael Houston; Bischoff-Kim, Agnès; Hansen, Carl J.; Nitta, Atsuko; Kleinman, Scot James; Claver, C.F.; Brown, Tim; Sullivan, Denis J.; Kim, Seung-Lee; Chen, Wen-Ping; Yang, M.; Shih, Chia-You; Zhang, X; Jiang, Xiaojun; Fu, Jianning Ning; Seetha, S.; Ashoka, B.N.; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Baliyan, Kiran S.; Vats, Hari Om; Chernyshev, A.V.; Ibbetson, Peter A.; Leibowitz, Elia M.; Hemar, Shirley; Sergeev, A.; Andreev, M.; Janulis, Rimvydas; Meistas, Edmundas G.; Moskalik, Pawel; Pajdosz, Gabriel; Baran, Andrzej; Winiarski, M.; Zola, Staszek; Ogloza, Waldemar; Siwak, Michal; Bognár, Zsófia; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Sefako, R.; Buckley, David A.H.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Nagel, Thorsten; Silvotti, Roberto; Bruni, I.; Fremy, J. R.; Vauclair, Gérard; Chevreton, Michel; Dolez, Noël; Pfeiffer, Ben; Barstow, Martin A.; Creevey, o; Kawaler, Steven D.; Clemens, J. Christopher (2011) [Artículo de periódico]
      PG 1351+489 is one of the 20DBVs – pulsating helium-atmospherewhite dwarf stars – known and has the simplest power spectrum for this class of star, making it a good candidate to study cooling rates. We report accurate ...
    • The unusual helium variable AM Canum Venaticorum 

      Provencal, Judith L.; Winget, Donald Earl; Nather, R. Edward; Robinson, E.L.; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Clemens, J. Christopher; Bradley, Paul A.; Kleinman, Scot James; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Claver, C.F.; Hansen, Carl J.; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Seetha, S.; Ashoka, B.N.; Leibowitz, Elia M.; Meistas, Edmundas G.; Bruvold, A.; Vauclair, Gérard; Dolez, Noël; Chevreton, Michel; Barstow, Martin A.; Sansom, A.E.; Tweedy, R.W.; Fontaine, Gilles; Bergeron, Pierre; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Wood, Matthew A.; Grauer, Albert D. (1995) [Artículo de periódico]
      The unusual variable star AM CVn has puzzled astronomers for over 40 years. This object, both a photometric and spectroscopic variable, is believed to contain a pair of hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs of extreme mass ratio, ...
    • Understanding the cool DA white dwarf pulsator G29-38 

      Kleinman, Scot James; Nather, R. Edward; Winget, Donald Earl; Clemens, J. Christopher; Bradley, Paul A.; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Provencal, Judith L.; Claver, C.F.; Watson, Todd K.; Yanagida, K.; Nitta, Atsuko; Dixson, James S.; Wood, Matthew A.; Grauer, Albert D.; Hine, B.P.; Fontaine, Gilles; Liebert, James; Sullivan, Denis J.; Wickramasinghe, D.T.; Achilleos, Nicholas; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Seetha, S.; Ashoka, B.N.; Meistas, Edmundas G.; Leibowitz, Elia M.; Moskalik, Pawel; Krzesinski, Jerzy; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Bruvold, A.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Kurtz, Donald W.; Warner, B.; Martinez, Peter; Vauclair, Gérard; Dolez, Noël; Chevreton, Michel; Barstow, Martin A.; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Giovannini Junior, Odilon; Augusteijn, T.; Hansen, Carl J.; Kawaler, Steven D. (1998) [Artículo de periódico]
      The white dwarfs are promising laboratories for the study of cosmochronology and stellar evolution. Through observations of the pulsating white dwarfs, we can measure their internal structures and compositions, critical ...
    • Whole Earth Telescope observations and seismological analysis of the pre-white dwarf pg 2131+066 

      Kawaler, Steven D.; O'Brien, M. Sean; Clemens, J. Christopher; Nather, R. Edward; Winget, Donald Earl; Watson, Todd K.; Yanagida, K.; Dixson, James S.; Bradley, Paul A.; Wood, Matthew A.; Sullivan, Denis J.; Kleinman, Scot James; Meistas, Edmundas G.; Leibowitz, Elia M.; Moskalik, Pawel; Zola, Staszek; Pajdosz, Y.; Krzesinski, Jerzy; Solheim, Jan-Eric; Bruvold, A.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Katz, M.; Vauclair, Gérard; Dolez, Noël; Chevreton, Michel; Barstow, Martin A.; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Giovannini Junior, Odilon; Provencal, Judith L.; Hansen, Carl J. (1995) [Artículo de periódico]
      As transition objects between the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) and cooling white dwarfs, the PG 1159 stars are key objects for understanding the late stages of stellar evolution. The pulsations exhibited by many members ...
    • Whole Earth Telescope observations of the DBV white dwarf GD 358 

      Winget, Donald Earl; Nather, R. Edward; Clemens, J. Christopher; Provencal, Judith L.; Kleinman, Scot James; Bradley, Paul A.; Claver, C.F.; Dixson, James S.; Montgomery, Michael Houston; Hansen, Carl J.; Hine, B.P.; Birch, P.; Candy, M.; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Seetha, S.; Ashoka, B.N.; Leibowitz, Elia M.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Warner, B.; Buckley, David A.H.; Tripe, P.; Vauclair, Gérard; Dolez, Noël; Chevreton, Michel; Serre, T.; Garrido, R.; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Augusteijn, T.; Wood, Matthew A.; Bergeron, Pierre; Grauer, Albert D. (1994) [Artículo de periódico]
      We report on the analysis of 154 hours of early continuous high-speed photometry on the pulsating DB white dwarf (DBV) GD 358, obtained during the Whole Earth Telescope (WET) run of 1990 May. The power spectrum of the light ...
    • Whole Earth Telescope observations of the white dwarf G29-38 : phase variations of the 615 second period 

      Winget, Donald Earl; Nather, R. Edward; Clemens, J. Christopher; Provencal, Judith L.; Kleinman, Scot James; Bradley, Paul A.; Wood, Matthew A.; Claver, C.F.; Robinson, E.L.; Grauer, Albert D.; Hine, B.P.; Fontaine, Gilles; Achilleos, Nicholas; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Seetha, S.; Ashoka, B.N.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Warner, B.; Kurtz, Donald W.; Martinez, Peter; Vauclair, Gérard; Chevreton, Michel; Augusteijn, T.; Paradijs, J. van; Hansen, Carl J.; Liebert, James; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Kepler, Souza Oliveira (1990) [Artículo de periódico]
      Using an extensive set of high-speed photometric observations obtained with the Whole Earth Telescope network, we show that the complex light curve of the ZZ Ceti (DAV) star G29-38 is dominated by a single, constant amplitude ...
    • Whole Earth Telescope observations of V471 Tauri : the nature of the white dwarf variations 

      Clemens, J. Christopher; Nather, R. Edward; Winget, Donald Earl; Robinson, E.L.; Wood, Matthew A.; Claver, C.F.; Provencal, Judith L.; Kleinman, Scot James; Bradley, Paul A.; Frueh, M.L.; Grauer, Albert D.; Hine, B.P.; Fontaine, Gilles; Achilleos, Nicholas; Wickramasinghe, D.T.; Marar, T.M. Krishnan; Seetha, S.; Ashoka, B.N.; O'Donoghue, Darragh; Warner, B.; Kurtz, Donald W.; Martinez, Peter; Vauclair, Gérard; Chevreton, Michel; Barstow, Martin A.; Kanaan Neto, Antonio Nemer; Kepler, Souza Oliveira; Augusteijn, T.; Paradijs, J. van; Hansen, Carl J. (1992) [Artículo de periódico]
      We have conducted time-series photometric observations of the binary star V471 Tauri using the Whole Earth Telescope observing network. Our purpose was to determine the mechanism responsible for causing the 555 and 277 s ...