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| Paper: |
Recent Progress Characterizing Convection Using White Dwarf Light Curves from the Whole Earth Telescope |
| Volume: |
469, 18th European White Dwarf Workshop (EUROWD12) |
| Page: |
439 |
| Authors: |
Provencal, J. L.; Dalessio, J.; Montgomery, M. H.; WET Team |
| Abstract: |
Convection remains of the largest sources of theoretical uncertainties
in our understanding of stars and other natural phenomena. Montgomery (2005b)
shows how precise observations of white dwarf light curves are used to
observationally determine the depth of the pulsator's convection zone
and its sensitivity to changes in temperature. The Whole Earth Telescope
(WET) and the Delaware Asteroseismic Research Center (DARC) are currently
conducting a project to map convection across the white dwarf instability
strips. We present preliminary results for the DA BPM 31594 and the DB
EC 04207–4748 and show the current status of our project mapping convection
across the hydrogen white dwarf instability strip. |
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