Asteroseismology study of a new faint ZZ Ceti J053009.62+594557.0 discovered in WFST

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Authors: Yang Yonghui, Guo Jincheng, Lin Jie, Wang Tinggui, Jiang Ning, Wang Yibo, Fan Lulu, Fang Min, Li Bin, Li Feng, Hao Liu, Liang Ming
+7 more Luo Wentao, Tang Jinlong, Wang Hairen, Wang Jian, Xue Yongquan, Yao Dazhi, Zhang Hongfei
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Abstract

In this work, we present a detailed asteroseismological analysis of WFST J053009.62+594557.0, a newly discovered faint pulsating white dwarf by the Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) with a Gaia G magnitude of 19.13. Analysis of two nights of high-precision WFST g band photometry reveals three significant pulsation frequencies with high signal-to-noise ratios. Follow-up P200/DBSP spectroscopy classifies the object as a DA white dwarf with Teff=11,609 $\pm$ 605 K and M = 0.63$\pm$ 0.22 $M_{\odot}$. To probe its internal structure, we construct asteroseismological models with the White Dwarf Evolution Code (WDEC). After exploring sufficient matching models, best-fitting solutions yield Teff=11,850$\pm$ 10 K and M = 0.600 $\pm$ 0.005 $M_{\odot}$, consistent with independent constraints from Gaia color-magnitude diagram, Gaia XP spectrum, P200 spectral fitting, SED fitting, and Gaia parallax. It has shown that the asteroseismological distance agrees with the Gaia parallax to 1.45\%.

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Stellar planetary and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Scientific Research and Discoveries

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
2 January 2026
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Preprint