Observations de pulsateurs compacts à l'aide de la caméra Mont4K CCD
Compact pulsators are stars with surface gravities larger than 100,000 cm/s² showing intrisinc luminosity variations. Six different classes of such objects are known, including two pulsating hot subdwarf (sdB), and four pulsating white dwarf classes. In order to observe their pulsations and further analyze their properties through asteroseismology, the Universit\'e de Montr\'eal, in collaboration with the University of Arizona Imaging Instrument Laboratory, developed the Mont4K (Montreal4K) CCD camera which is the primary science detector of the Kuiper 1.55 m telescope at Mt Bigelow since Spring 2007. With this setup, several compact pulsators were targeted. The first target was the hybrid pulsator HS 0702+6043, observed from November 1st 2007 to March 14th 2008, for which 28 pulsation modes were isolated. Moreover, it was possible to highlight important amplitude variations in some of these modes. Two Hot DQ white dwarf pulsators, SDSS J220029.08-074121.5 and SDSS J234843.30-094245.3, were also targeted. In the case of J220029.08-074121.5, it was possible to highlight the presence of a strong magnetic field at its surface through the presence of the first harmonic of the main pulsation mode of this object. Furthermore, the follow-up campaigns on J220029.08-074121.5 and J234843.30-094245.3 allowed to classify these two white dwarf as Hot DQ pulsators.
stars oscillations oscillations hot subdwarf white dwarf asteroseismology photometry HS 0702+6043 HS 0702+6043 J2200-0741 J2200-0741 J2348-0942 J2348-0942