Dr. Phil Arras
Kavli Inst. for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Florida Astronomy Colloquium - Oct 19th, 2005

Seismology of Accreting White Dwarfs

Pulsation modes have recently been observed in a handful of white dwarf primaries of Cataclysmic Variables, allowing an interesting new probe into the structure of accreting white dwarfs. I will discuss the seismology of these objects, how stellar properties may be inferred from the observed mode frequencies, and new work on mode driving mechanisms.