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Pulsating low-mass white dwarf stars are white dwarfs with stellar masses between 0.30~M$_{\odot}$ and 0.45~M$_{\odot}$ that show photometric variability due to gravity-mode pulsations. Within this mass range, they can harbour both a…

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We identify two new tidally distorted white dwarfs (WDs), SDSS J174140.49+652638.7 and J211921.96-001825.8 (hereafter J1741 and J2119). Both stars are extremely low mass (ELM, < 0.2 Msun) WDs in short-period, detached binary systems.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. J. Hermes , Mukremin Kilic , Warren R. Brown , M. H. Montgomery , D. E. Winget

HS0907+1902 was recently discovered to be one of a handful of deeply eclipsing dwarf novae with periods longward of the 2 -- 3 hr `gap'. This paper presents orbit-resolved spectra and time series photometry of an eclipse. The apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John R. Thorstensen

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…

The white dwarf binary pathways survey is dedicated to studying the origin and evolution of binaries containing a white dwarf and an intermediate-mass secondary star of the spectral type A, F, G, or K (WD+AFGK). Here we present CPD-65\,264,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 M. S. Hernandez , M. R. Schreiber , S. G. Parsons , B. T. Gänsicke , O. Toloza , M. Zorotovic , R. Raddi , A. Rebassa-Mansergas , J. J. Ren

We measure the radial velocity curve of the eclipsing detached white dwarf binary NLTT 11748. The primary exhibits velocity variations with a semi-amplitude of 273 km/s and an orbital period of 5.641 hr. We do not detect any spectral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Mukremin Kilic , Carlos Allende Prieto , Warren R. Brown , M. A. Agueros , S. J. Kenyon , Fernando Camilo

We present spectrophotometry of the eclipsing old nova BT Mon (Nova Mon 1939). By detecting weak absorption features from the secondary star, we find its radial velocity semi-amplitude to be K_R = 205+/-5 km/s and its rotational velocity to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. A. Smith , V. S. Dhillon , T. R. Marsh

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

Eclipsing binaries offer a unique opportunity to determine basic stellar properties. With the advent of wide-field camera and all-sky time-domain surveys, thousands of eclipsing binaries have been charted via light curve classification, yet…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Chien-Hsiu Lee

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

We report the discovery of an eclipsing binary -- PTF1 J072456$+$125301-- composed of a subdwarf B (sdB) star ($g'=17.2^m$) with a faint companion. Subdwarf B stars are core helium-burning stars, which can be found on the extreme horizontal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 M. Schindewolf , D. Levitan , U. Heber , H. Drechsel , V. Schaffenroth , T. Kuper , T. Prince

EX Hya is one of the few double-lined eclipsing cataclysmic variables that allow an accurate measurement of the binary masses. We analyze orbital phase-resolved UVES/ VLT high resolution spectroscopic observations of EX Hya with the aims of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-19 K. Beuermann , K. Reinsch

There are very few M-dwarfs with accurate independent measurements of their mass, radius and effective temperature (T$_{\rm eff}$) that can be used to test stellar models for these low-mass stars. We aim to use high-resolution,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-16 N. J. Adshead , P. F. L. Maxted , A. Hahlin

We present phase-resolved spectroscopy of the eclipsing AM Herculis star UZ For obtained when the system was in its low state of accretion. Faint residual Halpha-emission and NaI absorption were used to trace the secondary star and infer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Axel D. Schwope , Sabine Mengel , Klaus Beuermann

Eclipsing binaries provide a unique opportunity to determine fundamental stellar properties. In the era of wide-field cameras and all-sky imaging surveys, thousands of eclipsing binaries have been reported through light curve…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 Chien-Hsiu Lee , Chien-Cheng Lin

We present optical spectroscopy and extensive $RI$ differential photometry of the double-lined eclipsing binary NSVS 02502726 (2MASS J08441103+5423473). Simultaneous solution of two-band light curves and radial velocities permits…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Cakirli , C. Ibanoglu , C. Gungor

We report extensive spectroscopic and differential photometric BVRI observations of the active, detached, 1.309-day double-lined eclipsing binary IM Vir, composed of a G7-type primary and a K7 secondary. With these observations we derive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 J. C. Morales , G. Torres , L. A. Marschall , W. Brehm

We report the discovery of a bright (V ~ 13.7), extremely low-mass white dwarf in a close double degenerate system. We originally selected GALEX J171708.5+675712 for spectroscopic follow-up among a group of white dwarf candidates in an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-02 S. Vennes , J. R. Thorstensen , A. Kawka , P. Nemeth , J. N. Skinner , A. Pigulski , M. Steslicki , Z. Kolaczkowski , P. Srodka

We present a detailed analysis of 101 white dwarf-main sequence binaries (WDMS) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) for which multiple SDSS spectra are available. We detect significant radial velocity variations in 18 WDMS, identifying…

We present Hubble Space Telescope UV spectra of the 4.6 h period double white dwarf SDSS J125733.63+542850.5. Combined with Sloan Digital Sky Survey optical data, these reveal that the massive white dwarf (secondary) has an effective…