The rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star G117-B15A: A new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass
We employ a state-of-the-art asteroseismological model of G117-B15A, the archetype of the H-rich atmosphere (DA) white dwarf pulsators (also known as DAV or ZZ Ceti variables), and use the most recently measured value of the rate of period change for the dominant mode of this pulsating star to deriv...
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Ciencias Astronómicas Asteroseismology Elementary particles Stars: individual: ZZ Ceti stars Stars: interiors Stars: oscillations White dwarfs |
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Ciencias Astronómicas Asteroseismology Elementary particles Stars: individual: ZZ Ceti stars Stars: interiors Stars: oscillations White dwarfs Córsico, Alejandro Hugo Althaus, Leandro Gabriel Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel Romero, Alejandra Daniela García-Berro, E. Isern, J. Kepler, S. O. The rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star G117-B15A: A new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass |
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Ciencias Astronómicas Asteroseismology Elementary particles Stars: individual: ZZ Ceti stars Stars: interiors Stars: oscillations White dwarfs |
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We employ a state-of-the-art asteroseismological model of G117-B15A, the archetype of the H-rich atmosphere (DA) white dwarf pulsators (also known as DAV or ZZ Ceti variables), and use the most recently measured value of the rate of period change for the dominant mode of this pulsating star to derive a new constraint on the mass of axion, the still conjectural non-baryonic particle considered as a candidate for dark matter of the Universe. Assuming that G117-B15A is truly represented by our asteroseismological model, and, in particular, that the period of the dominant mode is associated with a pulsation g mode trapped in the H envelope, we find strong indications of the existence of extra cooling in this star, compatible with emission of axions of mass macos2β=17.4-2.7+2.3 meV. |
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Córsico, Alejandro Hugo Althaus, Leandro Gabriel Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel Romero, Alejandra Daniela García-Berro, E. Isern, J. Kepler, S. O. |
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Córsico, Alejandro Hugo Althaus, Leandro Gabriel Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel Romero, Alejandra Daniela García-Berro, E. Isern, J. Kepler, S. O. |
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Córsico, Alejandro Hugo |
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The rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star G117-B15A: A new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass |
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The rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star G117-B15A: A new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass |
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The rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star G117-B15A: A new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass |
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The rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star G117-B15A: A new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass |
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The rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star G117-B15A: A new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass |
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rate of cooling of the pulsating white dwarf star g117-b15a: a new asteroseismological inference of the axion mass |
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2012 |
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