Browsing by Author "Green, E. M."

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    A Study of the Newly Discovered Rapid sdO Pulsators in ω Centauri
    (2012) Randall, S. K.; Fontaine, G.; Calamida, A.; Brassard, P.; Chayer, P.; Alonso, M. L.; Catelan , Marcio; Bono, G.; Green, E. M.; Dhillon, V. S.; Marsh, T. R.
    We summarise recent observational and modelling results obtained for the newly discovered rapid sdO pulsators in ω Centauri. At present, these variables have no counterpart among the field star population, and the extent and purity of the associated instability strip is not yet well defined. First non-adiabatic computations indicate that the pulsations observed are driven by the same κ-mechanism that has been invoked to explain the oscillations in the extensively studied field sdB pulsators. The ω Cen variables appear to show only a small number of independent modes down to the currently achievable detection threshold and there is evidence for significant amplitude variations over time. It remains to be seen whether these objects can be exploited for asteroseismology in the near future; this will certainly be challenging both from an observational and a modelling point of view....
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    A survey of hot subdwarf pulsators in ω Cen
    (2013) Randal, S. K.; Calamida, A.; Fontaine, G.; Green, E. M.; Monelli, M.; Alonso, M. L.; Catelan , Marcio; Bono, G.; Dhillon, V. S.; Marsh, T. R.
    We recently discovered an apparently new class of pulsating Extreme Horizontal Branch (EHB) star in ω Cen. Tightly clustered around ∼50,000 K, these H-rich sdO stars exhibit rapid, multi-periodic oscillations on a timescale of 100 s. While four such objects have been detected in ω Cen, no counterparts have yet been found among the field population. Conversely, the rapid sdB pulsators around 31,000 K that are well-studied in the Galactic field have yet to be found in a globular cluster. We discuss the implications of this and also report the discovery of a fifth EHB pulsator in ω Cen....
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    Erratum to: A survey of hot subdwarf pulsators in ω Cen
    (2013) Randall, S. K.; Calamida, A.; Fontaine, G.; Green, E. M.; Monelli, M.; Alonso, M. L.; Catelan, Márcio; Bono, G.; Dhillon, V. S.; Marsh, T. R.
    Erratum for: "The name of the first author should be S. K. Randall".