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2023RNAAS...7...94F - Research Notes of the AAS, 7, 94 (2023/May-0)

Discovery of a Surprising Flux Event in White Dwarf HZ 4.

FRYMIRE A. and ARDILA D.

Abstract (from CDS):

HZ 4 is a DA3.4C White Dwarf (WD) and a commonly used photometric standard star. While analyzing its suitability as a calibrator, data from TESS revealed an increase in flux by 43.2%, seen only on Sector 43 observed in 2021 September and October. The event duration is 28.8 hr, and the light curve shape is approximately symmetric and consists of a flux increase preceded and followed by a flux decrease of 11.4%. If periodic, the period would be >77 days. No other objects are observed in the Digital Sky Survey, Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or Wide-Field Infrared Explorer images within the TESS pixel in which HZ 4 resides. The event resembles the flux increases of long-lived WD pulsators, although HZ4 is not in the instability strip. There is no evidence of a binary companion, which suggests HZ4 is not a dwarf nova, nor photometric evidence of any circumstellar material.

Abstract Copyright: © 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): DA stars - White dwarf stars

Simbad objects: 1

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