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We present the results from our ongoing spectroscopic survey targeting low mass white dwarf binaries, focusing on the southern sky. We used a Gaia DR2 and eDR3 based selection and identified 28 new binaries, including 19 new extremely low…

We present the final sample of 98 detached double white dwarf (WD) binaries found in the Extremely Low Mass (ELM) Survey, a spectroscopic survey targeting <0.3 Msun He-core WDs completed in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey footprint. Over the…

We describe radial velocity observations of a large sample of apparently single white dwarfs (WDs), obtained in a long-term effort to discover close, double-degenerate (DD) pairs which might comprise viable Type Ia Supernova (SN Ia)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Rex A. Saffer , Mario Livio , Lev R. Yungelson

Red subdwarfs in binary systems are crucial for both model calibration and spectral classification. We search for red subdwarfs in binary systems from a sample of high proper motion objects with Sloan digital Sky Survey spectroscopy. We…

Wide-orbit binaries serve as crucial laboratories for understanding stellar evolution and identifying quiescent compact objects. In this work, we search for compact objects in wide-orbit binaries by merging the LAMOST multi-epoch catalogs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 Hao-Bin Liu , Wei-Min Gu

We present an analysis of LAMOST J171013.211+532646.04 (hereafter J1710), a binary system comprising a hot subdwarf B star (sdB) and a white dwarf (WD) companion. Multi-epoch spectroscopy reveals an orbital period of 109.20279 minutes,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 Mingkuan Yang , Hailong Yuan , Zhongrui Bai , Zhenwei Li , Yuji He , Xin Huang , Yiqiao Dong , Mengxin Wang , Xuefei Chen , Junfeng Wang , Yao Cheng , Haotong Zhang

Close white dwarf binaries (CWDBs) are considered to be progenitors of several exotic astronomical phenomena (e.g., type Ia supernovae, cataclysmic variables). These violent events are broadly used in studies of general relativity and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-02 Genghao Liu , Baitian Tang , Liangliang Ren , Chengyuan Li , Sihao Cheng , Weikai Zong , Jianning Fu , Bo Ma , Cheng Xu , Yiming Hu

We present the first results from SWARMS (Sloan White dwArf Radial velocity data Mining Survey), an ongoing project to identify compact white dwarf (WD) binaries in the spectroscopic catalog of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The first object…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Carles Badenes , Fergal Mullally , Susan E. Thompson , Robert H. Lupton

Aims. Compact white-dwarf binaries are selected from spectra obtained in the early SDSS-V plate program. A dedicated set of SDSS plate observations were carried out in the eFEDS field, providing spectroscopic classifications for a…

Modern large-scale surveys have allowed the identification of large numbers of white dwarfs. However, these surveys are subject to complicated target selection algorithms, which make it almost impossible to quantify to what extent the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Rebassa-Mansergas , X. -W. Liu , R. Cojocaru , H. -B. Yuan , S. Torres , E. Garcia-Berro , M. -X. Xiang , Y. Huang , D. Koester , Y. Hou , G. Li , Y. Zhang

By selecting astrometric and photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the L{\'e}pine & Shara Proper Motion North Catalog (LSPM-North), the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), and the USNO-B1.0 catalog, we use a succession…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Conor Sayres , John P. Subasavage , P. Bergeron , P. Dufour , James R. A. Davenport , Yusra AlSayyad , Benjamin M. Tofflemire

We present the full spectroscopic white dwarf and hot subdwarf sample from the SDSS first data release, DR1. We find 2551 white dwarf stars of various types, 240 hot subdwarf stars, and an additional 144 objects we have identified as…

We present the discovery of 15 extremely low mass (5 < log{g} < 7) white dwarf candidates, 9 of which are in ultra-compact double-degenerate binaries. Our targeted ELM Survey sample now includes 76 binaries. The sample has a lognormal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Warren R. Brown , A. Gianninas , Mukremin Kilic , Scott J. Kenyon , Carlos Allende Prieto

We examine the applicability of the initial-to-final mass relation (IFMR) for white dwarfs (WDs) in intermediate-separation binary systems (approximately 1 AU), using astrometric binaries identified in open clusters from Gaia DR3. A careful…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-30 Oren Ironi , Sagi Ben-Ami , Na'ama Hallakoun , Sahar Shahaf

The accretion of tidally disrupted planetary bodies is the current consensus model for the presence of photospheric metals commonly detected in white dwarfs. While most dynamical studies have considered a single star and associated…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-21 Hiba Tu Noor , Jay Farihi , Mark Hollands , Silvia Toonen

We present the discovery of the first T dwarf + white dwarf binary system LSPM 1459+0857AB, confirmed through common proper motion and spectroscopy. The white dwarf is a high proper motion object from the LSPM catalogue that we confirm…

Symbiotic star (SySt) is long-period interacting binary system, typically consisting of a white dwarf and a red giant surrounded by a nebula. These systems are natural astrophysical laboratories for investigating binary star evolution. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-12 Jing Chen , Liang Wang , Yin-Bi Li , Xiao-Xiao Ma , A-Li Luo , Zi-Chong Zhang , Ming-Yi Ding , Kai Zhang

We report the discovery of 14 low-mass binary systems containing mid-M to mid-L dwarf companions with separations larger than 250 AU. We also report the independent discovery of 9 other systems with similar characteristics that were…

The identification and characterization of massive ($\gtrsim 0.8~M_\odot$) white dwarfs is challenging in part due to their low luminosity. Here we present two candidate single-lined spectroscopic binaries, Gaia DR3 4014708864481651840 and…

Symbiotic stars are interacting binary systems with the longest orbital periods. They are typically formed by a white dwarf, a red giant and a nebula. These objects are natural astrophysical laboratories for studying the evolution of…