English

72 DA White Dwarfs Identified in LAMOST Pilot Survey

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-15 v1

Abstract

We present a spectroscopically identified catalogue of 72 DA white dwarfs from the LAMOST pilot survey. 35 are found to be new identifications after cross-correlation with the Eisenstein et al. and Villanova catalogues. The effective temperature and gravity of these white dwarfs are estimated by Balmer lines fitting. Most of them are hot white dwarfs. The cooling times and masses of these white dwarfs are estimated by interpolation in theoretical evolution tracks. The peak of mass distribution is found to be \sim 0.6 MM_\odot which is consistent with prior work in the literature. The distances of these white dwarfs are estimated using the method of Synthetic Spectral Distances. All of these WDs are found to be in the Galactic disk from our analysis of space motions. Our sample supports the expectation white dwarfs with high mass are concentrated near the plane of Galactic disk

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@article{arxiv.1304.3551,
  title  = {72 DA White Dwarfs Identified in LAMOST Pilot Survey},
  author = {J. K. Zhao and A. L. Luo and T. D. Oswalt and G. Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.3551},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

19 pages, 7 figures, accepted by AJ

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