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We present full evolutionary calculations appropriate for the study of hydrogen-rich DA white dwarfs. This is done by evolving white dwarf progenitors from the zero age main sequence, through the core hydrogen burning phase, the helium…

We present 594 radial velocity measurements for 71 white dwarfs obtained during our search for binary white dwarfs and not reported elsewhere. We identify three excellent candidate binaries, which require further observations to confirm our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. F. L. Maxted , T. R. Marsh , C. K. J. Moran

We report the discovery of a wide pair (93 arcsec angular separation) of extremely cool ($T_{eff}<4000$ K) white dwarfs with a very large common proper motion ($\sim1.9$ arcsec/yr). The objects were discovered in a high proper motion survey…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. -D. Scholz , G. P. Szokoly , M. Andersen , R. Ibata , M. Irwin

We determine the distribution of cooling ages of massive Gaia EDR3 white dwarfs identified with over 90% probability within 200 pc and with mass in the range 0.95-1.25 $M_\odot$. Using three sets of publicly available models, we consider…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-13 Leesa Fleury , Ilaria Caiazzo , Jeremy Heyl

Many pulsating low-mass white-dwarf stars have been detected in the last years in the field of our Galaxy. Given that some of them exhibit multiperiodic variation of brightness, it is possible to probe their interiors through…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 Leila M. Calcaferro , Alejandro H. Córsico , Leandro G. Althaus

We have analyzed FUSE observations of six hot white dwarf stars: four DA white dwarfs with T_eff >= 45000K, the DAO Feige55 (T_eff = 55000K), and the DA CD -38 10980 (T_eff = 24000K). Photospheric lines from SiIV, PV, and SVI can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 B. Wolff , J. W. Kruk , D. Koester , N. F. Allard , R. Ferlet , A. Vidal-Madjar

With the prevalence of wide-field, time-domain photometric sky surveys, the number of eclipsing white dwarf systems being discovered is increasing dramatically. An efficient method to follow these up will be key to determining any…

In the era of modern digital sky surveys, uncertainties in the flux of stellar standards are commonly the dominant systematic error in photometric calibration and can often affect the results of higher-level experiments. The Hubble Space…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Nicola Pietro Gentile Fusillo , Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay , Ralph C. Bohlin , Susana E. Deustua , Jason S. Kalirai

The upcoming NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will obtain space-based uninterrupted light curves for a large sample of bright white dwarfs distributed across the entire sky, providing a very rich resource for…

We discuss some of our current knowledge of the mass distribution of DA and non-DA stars using various methods for measuring white dwarf masses including spectroscopic, trigonometric parallax, and gravitational redshift measurements, with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Bergeron , A. Gianninas , S. Boudreault

We present the first linear polarimetric survey of white dwarfs (WDs). Our sample consists of WDs of DA and DC spectral types in the SDSS r magnitude range from 13 to 17. We performed polarimetric observations with the RoboPol polarimeter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-15 M. Żejmo , A. Słowikowska , K. Krzeszowski , P. Reig , D. Blinov

We present optical spectroscopy and near-infrared photometry of 126 cool white dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Our sample includes high proper motion targets selected using the SDSS and USNO-B astrometry and a dozen…

We present a dedicated search for new pulsating helium-atmosphere (DBV) white dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using the McDonald 2.1m Otto Struve Telescope. In total we observed 55 DB and DBA white dwarfs with spectroscopic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Zachary P. Vanderbosch , J. J. Hermes , Don E. Winget , Michael H. Montgomery , Keaton J. Bell , Atsuko Nitta , S. O. Kepler

We present precise photometry and spectroscopy for 23 candidate spectrophotometric standard white dwarfs. The selected stars are distributed in the Northern hemisphere and around the celestial equators and are all fainter than r ~ 16.5 mag.…

An accurate assessment of white dwarf cooling times is paramount to place white dwarf cosmochronology of Galactic populations on more solid grounds. This issue is particularly relevant in view of the enhanced observational capabilities…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Maurizio Salaris , Leandro G. Althaus , Enrique García-Berro

We use three different techniques to identify hundreds of white dwarf (WD) candidates in the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) based on photometry from the NGVS and GUViCS, and proper motions derived from the NGVS and the Sloan…

We use 156 044 white dwarf candidates with $\geq5\sigma$ significant parallax measurements from the Gaia mission to measure the velocity dispersion of the Galactic disc; $(\sigma_U,\sigma_V,\sigma_W) = (30.8, 23.9, 20.0)$ km s$^{-1}$. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Mukremin Kilic , P. Bergeron , Kyra Dame , N. C. Hambly , N. Rowell , Courtney L. Crawford

We present photometry and spectroscopy for 27 pulsating hydrogen-atmosphere white dwarfs (DAVs, a.k.a. ZZ Ceti stars) observed by the Kepler space telescope up to K2 Campaign 8, an extensive compilation of observations with unprecedented…

Results are presented for a Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys high-resolution imaging campaign of 90 white dwarfs with known or suspected low mass stellar and substellar companions. Of the 72 targets which remain candidate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-06 J. Farihi , D. W. Hoard , S. Wachter

We conducted a search for new ultracool companions to nearby white dwarfs using multiple methods, including the analysis of colors and examination of images in both the optical and the infrared. Through this process, we identified fifty-one…