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We have discovered a partially eclipsing white dwarf, low-mass M dwarf binary (3 hour 54.41 second orbital period), SDSS J143547.87+373338.5, from May 2007 observations at the WIYN telescope. Here we present blue band photometry of three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Justin D. R. Steinfadt , Lars Bildsten , Steve B. Howell

SDSS 1355+0856 was identified as a hot white dwarf (WD) with a binary companion from time-resolved SDSS spectroscopy as part of the ongoing SWARMS survey. Follow-up observations with the ARC 3.5m telescope and the MMT revealed weak emission…

We report the discovery of two detached double white dwarf (WD) binaries, SDSS J082239.546+304857.19 and SDSS J104336.275+055149.90, with orbital periods of 40 and 46 min, respectively. The 40 min system is eclipsing; it is composed of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Warren R. Brown , Mukremin Kilic , Alekzander Kosakowski , A. Gianninas

Binaries with a white dwarf primary and a main sequence secondary can be used to test our understanding of both single and binary star evolution. A small fraction of such systems experienced a common-envelope phase from which they emerged…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-08 R. Priyatikanto , C. Knigge , S. Scaringi , J. Brink , D. A. H. Buckley

Eclipse time variations have been detected in a number of post common envelope binary systems consisting of a subdwarf B star or white dwarf primary star and cool M type or brown dwarf secondary. In this paper we consider circumbinary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-04 George Faillace , David Pulley , Americo Watkins , John Mallett , Ian Sharp , Xinyu Mai

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)…

The spectroscopic catalogue of white dwarf-main sequence (WDMS) binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is the largest and most homogeneous sample of compact binary stars currently known. However, because of selection effects, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Rebassa-Mansergas , C. Agurto-Gangas , M. R. Schreiber , B. T. Gaensicke , D. Koester

Hot subdwarf B stars (sdBs) are evolved, core helium-burning objects located on the extreme horizontal branch. Their formation history is still puzzling as the sdB progenitors must lose nearly all of their hydrogen envelope during the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-22 V. Schaffenroth , B. N. Barlow , H. Drechsel , B. H. Dunlap

We present high time resolution SDSS-$g'$ and SDSS-$z'$ light curves of the primary eclipse in SDSS J141126.20+200911.1, together with time-resolved X-Shooter spectroscopy and near-infrared $JHK_{s}$ photometry. Our observations confirm the…

We analyze the orbital period distribution of post-common-envelope white-dwarf-main-sequence (WDMS) binaries by cross-matching the new spectroscopic Gaia DR3 WDMS catalog with TESS light curves, and applying a uniform periodicity search and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-22 Yarin Meir Shani , Na'ama Hallakoun , Sagi Ben-Ami , Sahar Shahaf , Jiadong Li , Hans-Walter Rix , Silvia Toonen

SDSS J030308.35+005444.1 is a close, detached, eclipsing white dwarf plus M dwarf binary which shows a large infrared excess which has been interpreted in terms of a circumbinary dust disk. In this paper we present optical and near-infrared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. G. Parsons , T. R. Marsh , B. T. Gänsicke , M. R. Schreiber , M. C. P. Bours , V. S. Dhillon , S. P. Littlefair

Short-period white dwarf+main-sequence binaries are Post-Common-Envelope Binaries (PCEB) that have survived a common envelope phase. Such systems, if detached and eclipsing, enable precise measurements of the constituent stars, providing a…

We report the discovery of SDSS~J022932.28+713002.7, a nascent extremely low-mass (ELM) white dwarf (WD) orbiting a massive ($> 1\,M_\odot$ at 2$\sigma$ confidence) companion with a period of 36 hours. We use a combination of spectroscopy,…

We present the discovery of the eclipsing double white dwarf (WD) binary WDJ 022558.21-692025.38 that has an orbital period of 47.19 min. Following identification with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, we obtained time-series…

We present time-series spectroscopy and photometry of Gaia DR2 6097540197980557440, a new deeply-eclipsing hot subdwarf B (sdB) + M dwarf (dM) binary. We discovered this object during the course of the Eclipsing Reflection Effect Binaries…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Kyle A. Corcoran , Brad N. Barlow , Veronika Schaffenroth , Uli Heber , Stephen Walser , Andreas Irgang

The project Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) aims at finding hot subdwarf stars with massive compact companions like massive white dwarfs (M>1.0 M$_\odot$), neutron stars, or stellar-mass black…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-25 T. Kupfer , S. Geier , U. Heber , R. H. Østensen , B. N. Barlow , P. F. L. Maxted , C. Heuser , V. Schaffenroth , B. T. Gänsicke

We present the results of a search for deeply-eclipsing white dwarfs in the ZTF Data Release 4. We identify nine deeply-eclipsing white dwarf candidates, four of which we followed up with high-cadence photometry and spectroscopy. Three of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-10 Alekzander Kosakowski , M. Kilic , W. R. Brown , P. Bergeron , T. Kupfer

We use a combination of X-shooter spectroscopy, ULTRACAM high-speed photometry and SOFI near-infrared photometry to measure the masses and radii of both components of the eclipsing post common envelope binaries SDSS J1212-0123 and GK Vir.…

We present high-speed, three-colour photometry of the eclipsing cataclysmic variable SDSS J150722.30+523039.8 (hereafter SDSS J1507). This system has an orbital period of 66.61 minutes, placing it below the observed ``period minimum'' for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. P. Littlefair , V. S. Dhillon , T. R. Marsh , B. T. Gaensicke , I. Baraffe , C. A. Watson

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