Two new ZZ Ceti pulsators from the HS and HE surveys

We report the detection of nonradial g-mode oscillations in the DA white dwarfs HS 1039+4112 (B=15.9) and HE 1429 0343 (B=15.8) from time-series photometry made at the Loiano 1.5 m telescope. The two stars were previously selected as probable pulsators based on two-color photometry and spectral analysis respectively. Following our temperature and surface gravity determinations, HS 1039+4112 (Teff=11200 K, log g=8.2) is located near the red edge of the ZZ Ceti instability strip, whereas HE 1429 0343 (Teff=11400 K, log g=7.8) falls in the middle of the strip. Both stars show a multi- mode behavior with the main periods at about 850 and 970 s respectively, and relatively large amplitudes (�7% and�2.5%).

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