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Discovery and characterisation of black holes (BHs), neutron stars (NSs), and white dwarfs (WDs) with detached luminous companions (LCs) in wide orbits are exciting because they are important test beds for dark remnant (DR) formation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 Anindya Ganguly , Prasanta K. Nayak , Sourav Chatterjee

We describe spectroscopic observations of 21 low-mass (<0.45 M_sun) white dwarfs (WDs) from the Palomar-Green Survey obtained over four years. We use both radial velocities and infrared photometry to identify binary systems, and find that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Justin M. Brown , Mukremin Kilic , Warren R. Brown , Scott J. Kenyon

By means of N-body/hydrodynamical simulations we model the evolution of a primordial 10^{8} solar masses density peak which ends up in an object closely resembling the present day globular cluster Omega Centauri. We succeed to reproduce the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giovanni Carraro , Cesario Lia

We investigate whether nearby white dwarfs (WDs) can constrain dark matter (DM) interactions with ordinary matter. As experimental sensitivity improves, driven by the Gaia mission, the sample volume of nearby WDs has been increasing over…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-28 Pooja Bhattacharjee , Sandra Robles , Stephan A. Meighen-Berger , Francesca Calore

We present a catalog of 150 variable stars, including 13 stars with exoplanet candidates. 37 stars were identified as variables for the first time. As a result of a 2.5-year photometric survey of exoplanets, we have obtained and analyzed…

We present Gemini-South observations of nine faint and extended planetary nebulae. Using direct images taken with the spectrograph GMOS, we built the $(u' - g')$ vs. $(g' - r')$ diagrams of the stars in the observed areas which allowed us,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-01 Javier Ahumada , Walter Weidmann , Marcelo Miller Bertolami , Leila Saker

The globular cluster $\omega$ Centauri (NGC 5139) is a puzzling stellar system harboring several distinct stellar populations whose origin still represents a unique astrophysical challenge. Current scenarios range from primordial chemical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Sandro Villanova , Giovanni Carraro , Riccardo Scarpa , Gianni Marconi

The number of spatially unresolved white dwarf plus main-sequence star binaries has increased rapidly in the last decade, jumping from only ~30 in 2003 to over 3000. However, in the majority of known systems the companion to the white dwarf…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 S. G. Parsons , A. Rebassa-Mansergas , M. R. Schreiber , B. T. Gansicke , M. Zorotovic , J. J. Ren

The status of 38 halo white dwarf candidates identified by Oppenheimer et al. (2001) has been intensively discussed by various authors. In analyses undertaken to date, trigonometric parallaxes are crucial missing data. Distance measurements…

The interpretation of the old, cool white dwarfs recently found by Oppenheimer et al. (2001) is still controversial. Whereas these authors claim that they have finally found the elusive ancient halo white dwarf population that contributes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Santiago Torres , Enrique Garcia-Berro , Andreas Burkert , Jordi Isern

We report an independent spectral classification of a sample of poorly studied M-dwarf candidate stars observed with the OSIRIS instrument at GTC. Our project was carried out as an independent test of the spectral classification. It is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-24 Cristina Cabello , Géza Csörnyei , Jaroslav Merc , Verónica Ferreirós Lopez , Peter Pessev

We present a detailed study of the radial distribution of the multiple populations identified in the Galactic globular cluster omega Cen. We used both space-based images (ACS/WFC and WFPC2) and ground-based images (FORS1@VLT and [email protected]

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 A. Bellini , G. Piotto , L. R. Bedin , I. R. King , J. Anderson , A. P. Milone , Y. Momany , .

White dwarfs (WDs) polluted by exoplanetary material provide the unprecedented opportunity to directly observe the interiors of exoplanets. However, spectroscopic surveys are often limited by brightness constraints, and WDs tend to be very…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-26 Malia L. Kao , Keith Hawkins , Laura K. Rogers , Amy Bonsor , Bart H. Dunlap , Jason L. Sanders , M. H. Montgomery , D. E. Winget

We identify a likely member of the NGC 752 open cluster (based on Gaia DR2 proper motions and parallax) having photometry consistent with being a white dwarf and a relatively low-mass main sequence star. If confirmed, this would be the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-20 Andrew J. Buckner , Eric L. Sandquist

Ultra-compact double white dwarfs (DWDs) represent key targets for multi-messenger astrophysics, as they may be observed both through gravitational waves and the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. The future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 Alice Perego , Astrid Lamberts , Mathias Schultheis , Nelson Christensen

In this study, we demonstrate the efficacy of the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) in identifying and characterizing white dwarfs (WDs) within the Milky Way Galaxy. Leveraging the UVIT point source catalogue towards SMC and…

We present optical spectra of 144 white dwarfs detected in the Montreal-Cambridge-Tololo (MCT) colorimetric survey, including 120 DA, 12 DB, 4 DO, 1 DQ, and 7 DC stars. We also perform a model atmosphere analysis of all objects in our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-20 P. Bergeron , F. Wesemael , G. Fontaine , R. Lamontagne , S. Demers , A. Bédard , M. -J. Gingras , S. Blouin , M. J. Irwin , S. O. Kepler

We have used the ARGUS multi-object spectrometer at the CTIO 4m Blanco telescope to obtain 2756 radial velocity measurements for 1966 individual stars in the globular cluster omega Centauri brighter than blue photographic magnitude of about…

We present a metallicity distribution based on photometry and spectra for 442 omega Cen cluster members that lie at the main sequence turnoff region of the color-magnitude diagram. This distribution is similar to that found for the red…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 L. M. Stanford , G. S. Da Costa , J. E. Norris , R. D. Cannon

We present deep and accurate Near-Infrared (NIR) photometry of the Galactic Globular Cluster (GC) Omega Cen. Data were collected using the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) on VLT (ESO). The unprecedented quality of the…