most citedFirst science with SALT: peering at the accreting polar caps of the eclipsing polar SDSS J015543.40+002807.2

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First science with SALT: peering at the accreting polar caps of the eclipsing polar SDSS J015543.40+002807.2

D. O'Donoghue, D. A. H. Buckley, L. A. Balona +48

We describe briefly the properties of the recently completed Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), along with its first light imager SALTICAM. Using this instrument, we present…

astro-ph2004

Whole Earth Telescope observations of BPM 37093: a seismological test of crystallization theory in white dwarfs

A. Kanaan, A. Nitta, D. E. Winget +3

BPM 37093 is the only hydrogen-atmosphere white dwarf currently known which has sufficient mass (~ 1.1 M_sun) to theoretically crystallize while still inside the ZZ Ceti instabilit…