Bibcode
Randal, S. K.; Calamida, A.; Fontaine, G.; Green, E. M.; Monelli, M.; Alonso, M. L.; Catelan, M.; Bono, G.; Dhillon, V. S.; Marsh, T. R.
Referencia bibliográfica
40th Liège International Astrophysical Colloquium. Ageing Low Mass Stars: From Red Giants to White Dwarfs, Liège, Belgium, Edited by J. Montalbán; A. Noels; V. Van Grootel; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 43, id.04006
Fecha de publicación:
3
2013
Número de citas
2
Número de citas referidas
2
Descripción
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.