A Search for EHB Pulsators in the Globular Cluster NGC 6752

Catelan, M.; Prieto, G. E.; Zoccali, M.; Weidner, C.; Stetson, P. B.; Moni Bidin, C.; Altmann, M.; Smith, H. A.; Pritzl, B. J.; Borissova, J.; de Medeiros, J. R.
Bibliographical reference

Hot Subdwarf Stars and Related Objects ASP Conference Series, Vol. 392, Proceedings of the conference held 23-27 July, 2007, at Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg, Germany. Edited by Ulrich Heber, C. Simon Jeffery, and Ralf Napiwotzki., p.347

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2008
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Description
We describe the status of a project whose main goal is to detect variability along the extreme horizontal branch of the globular cluster NGC 6752. Based on Magellan 6.5-m data, preliminary light curves are presented for some candidate variables. By combining our time-series data, we also produce a deep CMD of unprecedented quality for the cluster which reveals a remarkable lack of main sequence binaries, possibly pointing to a low primordial binary fraction.