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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…

We have found that the white dwarf PG 1101+364 is a double-lined white dwarf/white dwarf binary with an orbital period of 3.47 hours. PG 1101+364 is the shortest period detached double-degenerate yet found and gravitational radiation will…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 T. R. Marsh

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

Binaries of two white dwarfs (WDs) are an important class of astrophysical objects that are theorized to lead to Type Ia supernovae and are also used to gain insight into complex processes involved in stellar binary evolution. We report the…

The masses of compact objects like white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes are fundamental to astrophysics, but very difficult to measure. We present the results of an analysis of subluminous B (sdB) stars in close binary systems with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-09 S. Geier , C. Karl , H. Edelmann , U. Heber , R. Napiwotzki

Double white dwarf systems are of great astrophysical importance in the field of gravitational wave and Type Ia supernova. While the binary fraction of CO core white dwarf is about a few percents, the extremely low mass white dwarfs are all…

The white dwarf LHS 3236 (WD1639+153) is shown to be a double-degenerate binary, with each component having a high mass. Astrometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory gives a parallax and distance of 30.86 +/- 0.25 pc and a tangential velocity…

We report the discovery of a 1201 s orbital period binary, the third shortest-period detached binary known. SDSS J232230.20+050942.06 contains two He-core white dwarfs orbiting with a 27 deg inclination. Located 0.76 kpc from the Sun, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Warren R. Brown , Mukremin Kilic , A. Bedard , Alekzander Kosakowski , P. Bergeron

We report the discovery of a detached double white dwarf binary with an orbital period of $\approx20.6\,\rm minutes$, PTF J053332.05+020911.6. The visible object in this binary, PTF J0533+0209B, is a $\approx 0.17\,M_\odot$ mass white dwarf…

We present the confirmation of SDSS J222551.65+001637.7AB as a closely separated, resolved, white dwarf-brown dwarf binary. We have obtained spectroscopy from GNIRS and seeing-limited $K_s$-band imaging from NIRI on Gemini North. The target…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Jenni R. French , Sarah L. Casewell , Trent J. Dupuy , John H. Debes , Elena Manjavacas , Emily C. Martin , Siyi Xu

In the past, SDSS J160429.12+100002.2 was spectroscopically classified as a blue horizontal branch (BHB) star. Assuming a luminosity that is characteristic of BHB stars, the object's radial velocity and proper motions from Gaia Early Data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-22 Andreas Irrgang , Stephan Geier , Ulrich Heber , Thomas Kupfer , Kareem El-Badry , Steven Bloemen

PG 2131+066 is a composite-spectrum binary with a hot pulsating PG 1159-type pre-white dwarf and an early M-type main sequence star. Analysis of Whole Earth Telescope observations of the pulsating pre-white dwarf component provided an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Reed , Steven D. Kawaler , M. Sean O'Brien

The ROSAT WFC survey has provided us with evidence for the existence of a previously unidentified sample of hot white dwarfs (WD) in non-interacting binary systems, through the detection of EUV and soft X-ray emission. These stars are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Matt Burleigh , Martin Barstow , Tom Fleming

We report the discovery of a nearby M5.0V dwarf at 24.6 pc, SCR 1848-6855, that is orbited by an unusual companion causing an astrometric perturbation of more than 200 milli-arcseconds. This is by far the largest perturbation found to date…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Wei-Chun Jao , Todd J. Henry , John P. Subasavage , Jennifer G. Winters , Douglas R. Gies , Adric R. Riedel , Philip A. Ianna

New spectroscopic observations of the halo hyper-velocity star candidate SDSS J121150.27+143716.2 ($V=17.92$ mag) revealed a cool companion to the hot subdwarf primary. The components have a very similar radial velocity and their absolute…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Péter Németh , Eva Ziegerer , Andreas Irrgang , Stephan Geier , Felix Fürst , Thomas Kupfer , Ulrich Heber

We have spectroscopically confirmed a brown dwarf mass companion to the hydrogen atmosphere white dwarf NLTT5306. The white dwarf's atmospheric parameters were measured using Sloan Digital Sky Survey and X-Shooter spectroscopy as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 P. R. Steele , R. P. Saglia , M. R. Burleigh , T. R. Marsh , B. T. Gänsicke , K. Lawrie , M. Cappetta , J. Girven , R. Napiwotzki

T and Y-dwarfs are among the coolest and least luminous objects detected, and they can help to understand the properties of giant planets. Their multiplicity properties can shed light on the formation process. We observed a sample six T…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 N. Huélamo , V. D. Ivanov , R. Kurtev , J. H. Girard , J. Borissova , D. Mawet , K. Muzic , C. Cáceres , C. H. F. Melo , M. F. Sterzik , D. Minniti

A decrease in the orbital period of the ultrashort-period binary white dwarf \ZTF, which is one of the Galactic verification binaries in the millihertz frequency range for planned space laser interferometers, has been measured. Based on…

The magnetic white dwarf SDSS J121209.31+013627.7 exhibits a weak, narrow Halpha emission line whose radial velocity and strength are modulated on a period of ~90 minutes. Though indicative of irradiation on a nearby companion, no cool…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. D. Schmidt , P. Szkody , N. M. Silvestri , M. C. Cushing , J. Liebert , P. S. Smith

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