3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
TESS Observations of Stochastic Low-frequency Variability in Extreme Helium Stars
Courtney L. Crawford, C. Simon Jeffery, May G. Pedersen +4
Extreme helium stars (EHes) are low-mass hydrogen-deficient stars thought to be the products of double white dwarf mergers. Despite prolonged ground-based observations, there is no…
astro-ph.SR2026
The Historical Lightcurve of the R Coronae Borealis Star, V854 Cen, from 1890 to 2026
Geoffrey C Clayton
The R Coronae Borealis (RCB) Star, V854 Cen, was not discovered until the 1980's even though it is 7th magnitude at maximum light. This is because it was in a faint state due to th…
astro-ph.SR2024
An infrared census of R Coronae Borealis Stars II -- Spectroscopic classifications and implications for the rate of low-mass white dwarf mergers
Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Patrick Tisserand +18
We present results from a systematic infrared (IR) census of R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars in the Milky Way, using data from the Palomar Gattini IR (PGIR) survey. R Coronae Boreal…