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Published on 06 December 2019
Vol. 632
In section 7. Stellar structure and evolution
TESS first look at evolved compact pulsators
by S. Charpinet, P. Brassard, G. Fontaine, et al. 2019, A&A, 632, A90
Space-based high-photometric-precision instruments have played a vital role in the asteroseismic study of long-period g-mode B subdwarf (sdB) pulsators. The delivery of the TESS data for hundreds of selected TASC WG8 targets observed in the first sectors has revealed a wealth of photometric variations, which occur in all types of evolved compact stars, including many eclipsing or non-eclipsing binaries and compact pulsators. The authors present the discovery and a detailed asteroseismic analysis of a new g-mode hot sdB pulsator, EC 21494-7018. The study demonstrates that the instrument provides outstanding data and can significantly drive this field forward.