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20182026
most citedDiscovery of 74 new bright ZZ Ceti stars in the first three years of TESS

44 citations · 451 across the 40 of their papers we have counts for

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41 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Unveiling the properties of pulsating low-mass helium-core white dwarfs through TESS asteroseismology I. First results

Leila M. Calcaferro, Nikoo Hosseininezhad, Murat Uzundag +4

Recent space-based photometry, particularly from TESS, has opened new possibilities for probing the internal structure of low-mass (LM) helium (He)-core white dwarfs (WDs). We pres…

astro-ph.SR2026

Asteroseismology of the ZZ Ceti star WD 1310+583 using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Zs. Bognár, M. Uzundag, F. C. De Gerónimo +4

Aims. By analysing the light curves of the ZZ Ceti star WD 1310+583, we aim to determine its pulsational frequencies and to give constraints on the main stellar parameters using th…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 7 cited

A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars II. Atmospheric parameters, mass distribution, and kinematics

H. Dawson, M. Dorsch, S. Geier +30

We present a quantitative spectroscopic and kinematic analysis of a volume-complete sample of hot subluminous stars within 500 pc of the Sun, assembled using accurate parallax meas…

astro-ph.IM2025

Asteroseismology of white dwarfs in the 2040s

Murat Uzundag, Ingrid Pelisoli, Stephane Charpinet +6

White dwarfs, the final evolutionary stage of the vast majority of stars, serve as critical tools for cosmochronology, studies of planetary system evolution, and laboratories for n…

astro-ph.IM2025

White Dwarf Binaries: Probes of Future Astrophysics

Anna F. Pala, Roberto Raddi, Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas +25

White dwarf binaries are fundamental astrophysical probes. They represent ideal laboratories to test the models of binary evolution, which also apply to the sources of gravitationa…

astro-ph.IM2025

The Future of Evolved Planetary Systems

Roberto Raddi, Anna F. Pala, Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas +19

Understanding the formation, evolution, and chemical diversity of exoplanets are now central areas of astrophysics research. White dwarfs provide a uniquely sensitive laboratory fo…

astro-ph.SR2025

Multiperiodic pulsations of the unique DAQ white dwarf J0551+4135: insights into a merger remnant

Murat Uzundag, Mukremin Kilic, Francisco C. De Gerónimo +7

2MASS J05513444+4135297 (herafter J0551+4135) is the only pulsating DAQ white dwarf known with a carbon and hydrogen atmosphere. Its unusual atmospheric composition and kinematics…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Observing bright pulsating white dwarfs with PLATO: A new window into the late stages of stellar evolution

Murat Uzundag, Alejandro H. Corsico, Nicholas Jannsen +17

We present the scientific case for exploiting the capabilities of the PLATO mission to study bright pulsating white dwarfs across a wide spectral range, including hydrogen-deficien…

astro-ph.SR2025

The ZZ Ceti Instability Strip for The Most Massive White Dwarf Pulsators

Gracyn Jewett, Mukremin Kilic, Adam Moss +10

We present time-series photometry of 31 massive DA white dwarfs with within the ZZ Ceti instability strip from the Montreal White Dwarf Database 100 pc sampl…

astro-ph.SR2025

Asteroseismology of WD J004917.14-252556.81, the Most Massive Pulsating White Dwarf

O. Caliskan, M. Uzundag, M. Kilic +10

We present extensive follow-up time-series photometry of WD J00492525, the most massive pulsating white dwarf currently known with and $\log{\i…

astro-ph.SR2025

Discerning internal conditions of pulsating hot subdwarf B stars. Modelling multiple trapped modes in KIC 10001893

Hamed Ghasemi, Murat Uzundag, Cole Johnston +1

The frequencies of gravity mode oscillations are determined by the chemical, thermal, and structural properties of stellar interiors, facilitating the study of internal mixing mech…

astro-ph.SR2025

Volume-limited sample of low-mass red giant stars, the progenitors of hot subdwarf stars II. Sample validation

Diego Benitez-Palacios, Murat Uzundag, Maja Vučković +6

We investigate the progenitors of long-period hot subdwarf B (sdB) binaries, which form when low-mass red giant branch (RGB) stars lose their envelopes through stable Roche lobe ov…

astro-ph.SR2025

Discovery of the richest pulsating ultra-massive white dwarf

Francisco C. De Geronimo, Murat Uzundag, Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas +5

The discovery of pulsations in ultra-massive white dwarfs can help to probe their interiors and unveil their core composition and crystallized mass fraction through asteroseismic t…

astro-ph.SR2024

An analysis of spectroscopic, seismological, astrometric, and photometric masses of pulsating white dwarf stars

Leila M. Calcaferro, Alejandro H. Córsico, Murat Uzundag +3

A central challenge in the field of stellar astrophysics lies in accurately determining the mass of isolated stars. However, for pulsating white dwarf (WD) stars, the task becomes…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 33 cited

The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview

Paul J. Groot, S. Bloemen, P. Vreeswijk +75

The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect…

astro-ph.SR2024

A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars I. Space density, scale height, and population properties

H. Dawson, S. Geier, U. Heber +25

We present the first volume-limited sample of spectroscopically confirmed hot subluminous stars out to 500 pc, defined using the accurate parallax measurements from the {\em Gaia}…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 8 cited

Pulsating hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs and pre-white dwarfs observed with TESS VI. Asteroseismology of the GW Vir-type central star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 246

Leila M. Calcaferro, Paulina Sowicka, Murat Uzundag +7

Significant advances have been achieved through the latest improvements in the photometric observations accomplished by the recent space missions, substantially boosting the study…

astro-ph.SR2024

A comprehensive search for hot subdwarf stars using Gaia and TESS I. Pulsating hot subdwarf B stars

Murat Uzundag, Jurek Krzesinski, Ingrid Pelisoli +4

Hot subdwarf B (sdB) stars are evolved, subluminous, helium-burning stars, most likely formed when red-giant stars lose their hydrogen envelope via interactions with close companio…

astro-ph.EP2024

A long-period transiting substellar companion in the super-Jupiters to brown dwarfs mass regime and a prototypical warm-Jupiter detected by TESS

Matias I. Jones, Yared Reinarz, Rafael Brahm +48

We report on the confirmation and follow-up characterization of two long-period transiting substellar companions on low-eccentricity orbits around TIC 4672985 and TOI-2529, whose t…

astro-ph.SR2023

Asteroseismological analysis of the polluted ZZ Ceti star G29-38 with TESS

Murat Uzundag, Francisco C. De Gerónimo, Alejandro H. Córsico +15

G\,2938 (TIC~422526868) is one of the brightest () and closest (\,pc) pulsating white dwarfs with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere (DAV/ZZ Ceti class). It was obser…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 19 cited

The bright blue side of the night sky: Spectroscopic survey of bright and hot (pre-) white dwarfs

Nicole Reindl, Ramazan Islami, Klaus Werner +10

We report on the spectroscopic confirmation of 68 new bright ( mag) and blue (pre-)white dwarfs (WDs). This finding has allowed us to almost double the number of the h…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 1 cited

Asteroseismology of hot subdwarf B stars observed with TESS: discovery of two new gravity mode pulsating stars

Murat Uzundag, Roberto Silvotti, Andrzej S. Baran +4

TIC033834484 and TIC309658435 are long-period pulsating subdwarf B star, which were observed extensively (675 and 621 days, respectively) by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satelli…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 9 cited

Asteroseismology of PG 1541651 and BPM 31594 with TESS

Alejandra D. Romero, Gabriela Oliveira da Rosa, S. O. Kepler +5

We present the photometric data from TESS for two known ZZ Ceti stars, PG 1541+651 and BPM 31594. Before TESS, both objects only had observations from short runs from ground-based…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 10 cited

Pulsating H-deficient WDs and pre-WDs observed with TESS: V. Discovery of two new DBV pulsators, WD J152738.4-450207.4 and WD 1708-871, and asteroseismology of the already known DBV stars PG 1351+489, EC 20058-5234, and EC 04207-4748

Alejandro H. Córsico, Murat Uzundag, S. O. Kepler +9

The {\sl TESS} space mission has recently demonstrated its great potential to discover new pulsating white dwarf and pre-white dwarf stars, and to detect periodicities with high pr…