Hot subluminous stars: Highlights from the MUCHFUSS and Kepler missions

Research into hot subdwarf stars is progressing rapidly. We present recent important discoveries. First we review the knowledge about magnetic fields in hot subdwarfs and highlight the first detection of a highly-magnetic, helium-rich sdO star. We briefly summarize recent discoveries based on Kepler...

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Main Authors: Geier S., Heber U., Gaensicke B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-03-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134304002