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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…

In the coming decade, the millihertz gravitational wave observatory LISA will provide the best constraints yet on the tens of thousands of close white dwarf binaries in the Milky Way, yielding unprecedented insights into the most abundant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-08 Kyle Kremer , Katelyn Breivik , Claire S. Ye

The upcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will detect a large gravitational-wave foreground of Galactic white dwarf binaries. These sources are exceptional for their probable detection at electromagnetic wavelengths, some long…

It is widely accepted that quite a number of double compact objects (DCOs) in the Milky Way can be identified by future space-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors, while systematic investigations on the detection of the GW sources in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-18 Jian-Guo He , Yong Shao , Shi-Jie Gao , Xiang-Dong Li

Binary systems with ultrashort-period planetary-mass companions are expected to radiate continuous gravitational waves (GWs). However, earlier studies found that the detectability of such systems by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-08 Abdusattar Kurban , Xia Zhou , Na Wang , Yong-Feng Huang , Wenming Yan , Jianping Yuan , Ali Esamdin , Yu-Bin Wang , Zhigang Wen , Rai Yuen

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will provide the largest observational sample of (interacting) double white dwarf binaries, whose evolution is driven by radiation reaction and other effects, such as tides and mass transfer. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Stroeer , A. Vecchio , G. Nelemans

White dwarfs (WDs) are powerful tools to study the evolutionary history of stars and binaries in the Galaxy. But do we understand their multiplicity from a theoretical point of view? This can be tested by a comparison with the sample of WDs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 S. Toonen , M. Hollands , B. T. Gaensicke , T. Boekholt

We explore the formation of double-compact-object binaries in Milky Way (MW) globular clusters (GCs) that may be detectable by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). We use a set of 137 fully evolved GC models that, overall,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-31 Kyle Kremer , Sourav Chatterjee , Katelyn Breivik , Carl L. Rodriguez , Shane L. Larson , Frederic A. Rasio

Galactic short-period close white dwarf binaries (CWDBs) are important objects for space-borne gravitational-wave (GW) detectors in the millihertz frequency bands. Due to the intrinsically low luminosity, only about 25 identified CWDBs are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-07 Liangliang Ren , Chengyuan Li , Bo Ma , Sihao Cheng , Shun-Jia Huang , Baitian Tang , Yi-ming Hu

Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will observe gravitational waves from galactic binaries (GBs) of white dwarfs or neutron stars. Some of these objects are among the most magnetic astrophysical objects in the Universe. Magnetism, by…

Within its observational band the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, LISA, will simultaneously observe orbital modulated waveforms from Galactic white dwarf binaries, a binary black hole produced gravitational-wave background, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-08 Guillaume Boileau , Astrid Lamberts , Nelson Christensen , Neil J. Cornish , Renate Meyer

We study the Galactic field population of double compact objects (NS-NS, BH-NS, BH-BH binaries) to investigate the number (if any) of these systems that can potentially be detected with LISA at low gravitational-wave frequencies. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-23 Krzysztof Belczynski , Matthew Benacquista , Tomasz Bulik

Double white dwarfs are important gravitational wave sources for LISA, as they are some of the most numerous compact systems in our universe. Here we consider finite-sized effects due to tidal interactions, as they are expected to have a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-12 Grace Fiacco , Neil J. Cornish , Hang Yu

The Lunar Gravitational Wave Antenna (LGWA) is a proposed gravitational-wave detector that will observe in the decihertz (dHz) frequency region. In this band, binary white dwarf systems are expected to merge, emitting gravitational waves.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-22 Giovanni Benetti , Marica Branchesi , Jan Harms , Jean-Pierre Zendri

We demonstrate a method to fully characterize mass-transferring double white dwarf (DWD) systems with a helium-rich (He) WD donor based on the mass--radius relationship for He WDs. Using a simulated Galactic population of DWDs, we show that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Katelyn Breivik , Kyle Kremer , Michael Bueno , Shane L. Larson , Scott Coughlin , Vassiliki Kalogera

The prime candidate sources for the upcoming space-borne gravitational wave (GW) observatory LISA are the numerous Galactic tight binaries of white dwarfs (WDs) and neutron stars (NSs), many of which will coalesce and undergo mass transfer,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Thomas M. Tauris

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will detect and characterize $\sim10^4$ Galactic Binaries consisting predominantly of two White Dwarfs (WD). An interesting prospect within this population is a third object--another WD star, a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Michael L. Katz , Camilla Danielski , Nikolaos Karnesis , Valeriya Korol , Nicola Tamanini , Neil J. Cornish , Tyson B. Littenberg

Binary stars containing a white dwarf and a main-sequence star, WDMS binaries, can be used to study a wide range of aspects of stellar astrophysics. We build a magnitude-limited sample of unresolved WDMS binaries from Gaia DR3 to enlarge…

In globular clusters, dynamical interactions give rise to a population of eccentric double white dwarfs detectable by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) up to the Large Magellanic Cloud. In this Letter, we explore the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 B. Willems , A. Vecchio , V. Kalogera

Mergers of white dwarf binaries are a possible progenitor channel for Type Ia supernovae. While white dwarfs are abundant in the universe and relatively well understood, their gravitational wave signals have not yet been directly observed.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-24 Giona Sala , Chiara Brandenstein , Sebastian Baum , Peter W. Graham