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2025ApJ...988...32C - Astrophys. J., 988, 32 (2025/July-3)

Asteroseismology of WD J004917.14-252556.81, the Most Massive Pulsating White Dwarf.

CALISKAN O., UZUNDAG M., KILIC M., DE GERONIMO F.C., MOSS A., CORSICO A.H., PARSONS S.G., PELISOLI I., JEWETT G., REBASSA-MANSERGAS A., BROWN A.J., DHILLON V.S. and BERGERON P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present extensive follow-up time-series photometry of WD J0049-2525, the most massive pulsating white dwarf currently known, with Teff = 13,020 K and ${\mathrm{log}}\,g=9.34$ cm s–2. The discovery observations detected only two significant pulsation modes. Here, we report the detection of 13 significant pulsation modes ranging from 170 to 258 s based on 11 nights of observations with the New Technology Telescope, Gemini, and Apache Point Observatory telescopes. We use these 13 modes to perform asteroseismology and find that the best-fitting models (under the assumption of an ONe core composition) have M⋆ ≈ 1.29M⊙, a surface hydrogen layer mass of ${\mathrm{log}}\,({M}_{{\rm{H}}}/{M}_{\star })\lesssim -7.5$, and a crystallized core fraction of >99%. An analysis of the period spacing also strongly suggests a very high mass. The asteroseismic distance derived is in good agreement with the distance provided by Gaia. We also find tentative evidence of a rotation period of 0.3 or 0.67 days. This analysis provides the first look at the interior of a ∼1.3 M⊙ white dwarf.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): White dwarf stars - Asteroseismology - Pulsation modes - ZZ Ceti stars

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