https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134304002
Hot subluminous stars: Highlights from the MUCHFUSS and Kepler missions
1 Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory & ECAP, Astronomical Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Sternwartstr. 7, 6049 Bamberg, Germany
2 Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
a e-mail: ulrich.heber@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
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 light curves and finally introduce the closest known sdB+WD binary discovered by the MUCHFUSS project and discuss its relevance as a progenitor of a double-detonation type Ia supernova.
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