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We present ultraviolet spectra of the dwarf Seyfert 1 nucleus of NGC 4395, obtained with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) and the Hubble Space Telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph at velocity resolutions of 7 to…

We present a near-infrared spectrum of the hot ($T_{\rm eff}$ $\approx$ 55,000 K) DA white dwarf PG 1234+482. We confirm that a very low mass companion is responsible for the previously recognised infrared photometric excess. We compare…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. R. Steele , M. R. Burleigh , P. D. Dobbie , M. A. Barstow

Results from a concerted Hubble Space Telescope (HST) survey of nearby white dwarfs for substellar objects is presented. A total of 7 DAZ white dwarfs with distances of $<$ 50 pc had high contrast and high spatial resolution NICMOS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. H. Debes , S. Sigurdsson , B. Woodgate

The presence of planetary material in white dwarf atmospheres, thought to be accreted from a dusty debris disc produced via the tidal disruption of a planetesimal, is common. Approximately five per cent of these discs host a co-orbital…

Following our recent discovery of a new magnetic DQ white dwarf (WD) with CH molecular features, we report the results for the rest of the DQ WDs from our survey. We use high signal-to-noise spectropolarimetric data to search for magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-27 Tommi Vornanen , Svetlana Berdyugina , Andrei Berdyugin

This paper reports follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations, including warm Spitzer IRAC photometry of seven white dwarfs from the SDSS with apparent excess flux in UKIDSS K-band observations. Six of the science targets were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-06 J. Farihi , B. T. Gänsicke , P. R. Steele , J. Girven , M. R. Burleigh , E. Breedt , D. Koester

The atmospheres of very cool, hydrogen-rich white dwarfs (Teff <6000 K) are challenging to models because of the increased complexity of the equation of state, chemical equilibrium, and opacity sources in a low-temperature, weakly ionized…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 D. Saumon , J. B. Holberg , P. M. Kowalski

Optical spectroscopic observations of white dwarf stars selected from catalogs based on the Gaia DR2 database reveal nine new gaseous debris disks that orbit single white dwarf stars, about a factor of two increase over the previously known…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Carl Melis , B. Klein , A. E. Doyle , A. J. Weinberger , B. Zuckerman , P. Dufour

We present multi-epoch X-ray spectral observations of three Type IIn supernovae (SNe) 2005kd, 2006jd, and 2010jl, acquired with Chandra, XMM-Newton, Suzaku, and Swift. Previous extensive X-ray studies of SN 2010jl have revealed that X-ray…

We report Spitzer Space Telescope photometry between 3.6 microns and 24 microns and spectroscopy between 5 microns and 15 microns of GD 362, a white dwarf with an effective temperature near 10,000 K that displays a remarkably high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Jura , J. Farihi , B. Zuckerman , E. E. Becklin , ;

We present a comprehensive multiwavelength analysis of the hot DB white dwarf PG 0112+104. Our analysis relies on newly-acquired FUSE observations, on medium-resolution FOS and GHRS data, on archival high-resolution GHRS observations, on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 P. Dufour , S. Desharnais , F. Wesemael , P. Chayer , T. Lanz , P. Bergeron , G. Fontaine , A. Beauchamp , R. A. Saffer , J. W. Kruk , M. -M. Limoges

We conduct an in-depth spectral analysis of $\sim1{\rm ~Ms}$ XMM-Newton data of the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy RE J1034+396. The long exposure ensures high spectral quality and provides us with a detailed look at the intrinsic absorption…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-03 Zheng Zhou , Junjie Mao , Taotao Fang , Yijun Wang , Fabrizio Nicastro , Jiayi Chen

IRASF11119 is an ultra-luminous IR galaxy with post-merger morphology, hosting a type-1 QSO at z=0.189. Its 2013 Suzaku spectrum shows a prominent Ultra Fast Outflow (UFO) absorption feature (v_out~0.25c). In 2021, we obtained the first…

We find that the ROSAT source 1RXS J105010.3-140431 is a cataclysmic variable with orbital period of 88.6 minutes and a spectrum closely resembling WZ Sge. In particular, emission lines are flanked by Stark-broadened absorption wings…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 R. E. Mennickent , M. Diaz , W. Skidmore , C. Sterken

We report on the spectroscopic confirmation of 68 new bright ($G=13.5-17.2$ mag) and blue (pre-)white dwarfs (WDs). This finding has allowed us to almost double the number of the hottest ($T_{\mathrm{eff}} \geq 60$kK) known WDs brighter…

We present optical ESO time-series and UV archival (FUSE, HST, IUE) spectroscopy of the H-rich central star of He 2-138. Our study targets the central star wind in a very young planetary nebula, and explores physical conditions that may…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. K. Prinja , S. E. Hodges , M. A. Urbaneja , D. L. Massa

We present the discovery with WISE of a significant infrared excess associated with the eclipsing post-common envelope binary SDSSJ 030308.35+005443.7, the first excess discovered around a non-interacting white dwarf+main sequence M dwarf…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 John H. Debes , D. W. Hoard , Jay Farihi , Stefanie Wachter , David T. Leisawitz , Martin Cohen

We present spectroscopy and photometry of the LMC supersoft binary system RX~J0513.9-6951. We derive a refined spectroscopic period of P$=0.761\pm0.004$~d, which is consistent with the value obtained from long term photometric monitoring…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 K. A. Southwell , M. Livio , P. A. Charles , D. O'Donoghue , W. J. Sutherland

We present a detailed model atmosphere analysis of hot white dwarfs in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 1. Our sample includes 19,321 unique targets with $G_{\rm BP}-G_{\rm RP}\leq0$. We use the DESI spectra…

We present the results from a multi-wavelength study of the mixed H+He composition DAO white dwarf RE J0720-318. A detailed analysis of UV and EUV spectroscopic data with state-of-the-art non-LTE photospheric models demonstrates that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. D. Dobbie , M. A. Barstow , M. R. Burleigh , I. Hubeny