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We provide a detailed characterization of 2M07515777+1807352, a post-common envelope eclipsing binary system with a 10.3 d, nearly, but not quite, circular orbit (e = 0.02). This system consists of a massive white dwarf (WD) ($1.08$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-23 Erin M. Motherway , Evan Linck , Robert D. Mathieu , Don Dixon , Keivan G. Stassun , Katelyn Breivik , Steven R. Majewski , Onno Pols

We present high-quality ULTRACAM photometry of the eclipsing detached double-white dwarf binary NLTT 11748. This system consists of a carbon/oxygen white dwarf and an extremely-low mass (< 0.2 Msun) helium-core white dwarf in a 5.6 hr…

We have carried out a search for late-type T dwarfs in the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey 6th Data Release. The search yielded two persuasive candidates, both of which have been confirmed as T dwarfs. The brightest, UGPS J0521+3640 has been…

We report the discovery and characterization of a wide binary population in the ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Bo\"{o}tes I using deep JWST/NIRCam imaging. Our sample consists of 52 candidate binaries with projected separations of 7,000 - 16,000…

We report the discovery of a young, 0.16" binary, 2M2234+4041AB, found as the result of a Keck laser guide star adaptive optics imaging survey of young field ultracool dwarfs. Spatially resolved near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy…

We determine the orbits of four double degenerate systems (DDs), composed of two white dwarfs, and of two white dwarf -- M dwarf binaries. The four DDs, WD1022+050, WD1428+373, WD1824+040, and WD2032+188, show orbital periods of 1.157155(5)…

We report the discovery of twenty-one hitherto unknown bright southern ultracool dwarfs with spectral types in the range M7 to L5.5, together with new observations of a further three late M dwarfs previously confirmed. Three more objects…

We present high-resolution spectroscopy of two nearby white dwarfs with inconsistent spectroscopic and parallax distances. The first one, PG 1632+177, is a 13th magnitude white dwarf only 25.6 pc away. Previous spectroscopic observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 Mukremin Kilic , A. Bedard , P. Bergeron

Optical spectroscopic observations of white dwarf stars selected from catalogs based on the Gaia DR2 database reveal nine new gaseous debris disks that orbit single white dwarf stars, about a factor of two increase over the previously known…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Carl Melis , B. Klein , A. E. Doyle , A. J. Weinberger , B. Zuckerman , P. Dufour

The aim of the project is to identify wide common proper motion companions to a sample of spectroscopically confirmed M and L metal-poor dwarfs (also known as subdwarfs) to investigate the impact of metallicity on the binary fraction of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 J. González-Payo , M. Cortés-Contreras , N. Lodieu , E. Solano , Z. H. Zhang , M. -C. Gálvez-Ortiz

We report the discovery of an extremely close white dwarf plus F dwarf main-sequence star in a 12 hour binary identified by combining data from the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) survey and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) survey. A…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 S. G. Parsons , M. R. Schreiber , B. T. Gansicke , A. Rebassa-Mansergas , R. Brahm , M. Zorotovic , O. Toloza , A. F. Pala , C. Tappert , A. Bayo , A. Jordan

Well-characterized binary systems will provide valuable opportunities to study the conditions that are necessary for the onset of both auroral and non-auroral magnetospheric radio emission in the ultracool dwarf regime. We present new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 Melodie M. Kao , J. Sebastian Pineda

Following the discovery of the T8 subdwarf WISEJ200520.38+542433.9 (Wolf 1130C), with common proper motion to a binary (Wolf 1130AB) consisting of an M subdwarf and a white dwarf, we set out to learn more about the old binary in the system.…

Abridged: We report the discovery of two, new, rare, wide, double-degenerate binaries that each contain a magnetic and a non-magnetic star. The components of SDSSJ092646.88+132134.5 + J092647.00+132138.4 and SDSSJ150746.48+521002.1 +…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Paul D. Dobbie , Richard Baxter , Baybars Kulebi , Quentin A. Parker , Detlev Koester , Stefan Jordan , Nicolas Lodieu , Fabian Euchner

Splaver and coworkers have measured the masses of the white dwarf and the neutron star components of the PSR J1713+0747 binary system pair by Shapiro Delay. We attempt to find the original configuration of this system performing a set of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-16 O. G. Benvenuto , R. D. Rohrmann , M. A. De Vito

We analyse archival optical data on the binary companion to the millisecond pulsar \j1045\ obtained with the Very Large Telescope. A possible optical counterpart candidate %source position coincides with the pulsar coordinates is found at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-11 A. V. Bobakov , D. A. Zyuzin , Yu. A. Shibanov

White dwarfs with metal lines in their spectra act as signposts for post-main sequence planetary systems. Searching the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release 12, we have identified 231 cool (<9000 K) DZ white dwarfs with strong metal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Mark Hollands , Detlev Koester , Vadim Alekseev , Emma Herbert , Boris T. Gaensicke

A near-infrared excess is detected at the white dwarf PHL5038 in UKIDSS photometry, consistent with the presence of a cool, substellar companion. We have obtained H- and K-grism spectra and images of PHL5038 using NIRI on Gemini North. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. R. Steele , M. R. Burleigh , J. Farihi , B. T. Gaensicke , R. F. Jameson , P. D. Dobbie , M. A. Barstow

We present the data release (DR) 5 catalogue of white dwarf-main sequence (WDMS) binaries from the Large Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST). The catalogue contains 876 WDMS binaries, of which 757 are additions to our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 J. -J. Ren , A. Rebassa-Mansergas , S. G. Parsons , X. -W. Liu , A. -L. Luo , X. Kong , H. -T. Zhang

We present initial results of our effort to create a statistically robust, volume-limited sample of ultracool dwarfs from the 2MASS Second Incremental Data Release. We are engaged in a multifaceted search for nearby late-type dwarfs and…