- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/32
- Title:
- Solar neighborhood. XXXIX. Nearby white dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 114 trigonometric parallaxes for 107 nearby white dwarf (WD) systems from both the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Parallax Investigation (CTIOPI) and the U. S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS) parallax programs. Of these, 76 parallaxes for 69 systems were measured by the CTIOPI program and 38 parallaxes for as many systems were measured by the NOFS program. A total of 50 systems are confirmed to be within the 25-pc horizon of interest. Coupled with a spectroscopic confirmation of a common proper-motion companion to a Hipparcos star within 25pc as well as confirmation parallax determinations for two WD systems included in the recently released Tycho Gaia Astrometric Solution catalog, we add 53 new systems to the 25-pc WD sample-a 42% increase. Our sample presented here includes four strong candidate halo systems, a new metal-rich DAZ WD, a confirmation of a recently discovered nearby short-period (P=2.85hr) double degenerate, a WD with a new astrometric perturbation (long period, unconstrained with our data), and a new triple system where the WD companion main-sequence star has an astrometric perturbation (P~1.6year).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/496/191
- Title:
- Spectral analysis of 636 SDSS WD-M binaries
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/496/191
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of 857 WD-M star binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), most of which were previously identified by other authors, and the results of our spectral analysis for a subsample of 636 WD-M composite spectra. Our automatic fitting procedure bases on a chi^2^ minimization technique, yielding a decomposition of each combined spectrum and a derivation of independent parameter estimates for both components. On the respective photometric data from the SDSS, we also find 41 optically resolved binaries. We also investigated the spectra for hydrogen and helium emission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/1239
- Title:
- Spectral distances to DA white dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/1239
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using recent photometric calibrations, we develop greatly improved distance estimates for DA white dwarfs using multi-band synthetic photometry based on spectroscopic temperatures and gravities. Very good correlations are shown to exist between our spectroscopically based photometric distance estimates and those derived from trigonometric parallaxes. We investigate the uncertainties involved in our distance estimates, as well as discuss the circumstances where such techniques are most likely to fail. We apply our techniques to the large sample of Sloan Digital Sky Survey DA white dwarfs where automated fitting of HI Balmer profiles yields spectrometric temperatures and gravities. We determine simple empirical corrections to these temperatures and gravities with respect to published slit spectroscopy. After applying these T_eff_-logg corrections as well as appropriate interstellar extinction corrections, where necessary, we derive spectroscopically based photometric distances for 7062 DA stars from this sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/642/A71
- Title:
- Spectra of 14 Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/642/A71
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We obtained new spectra of fourteen Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae with the South African Large Telescope to determine heating rates of their central stars and to verify evolutionary models of post asymptotic giant branch stars. We compared new spectra with observations made in previous years. Five planetary nebulae showed an increase of the excitation with time. Four of their central stars exhibit [WC] features in their spectra, including three new detections. This raises the total number of [WC] central stars of PNe in the Magellanic Clouds to ten. We compared determined heating rates of the four [WC] central stars with the He burning post asymptotic giant branch evolutionary tracks and the remaining star with the H-burning tracks. Determined heating rates are consistent with the evolutionary models for both H and He-burning post asymptotic giant branch stars. The central stars of the PNe which show the fastest increase of excitation are also the most luminous in the sample. This indicates that [WC] central stars in the Magellanic Clouds evolve faster than H-burning central stars and originate from more massive progenitors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/618/A113
- Title:
- Spectropolarimetric survey of white dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/618/A113
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Our knowledge of the magnetism in white dwarfs is based on an observational dataset that is biased in favour of stars with very strong magnetic fields. Most of the field measurements available in the literature have a relatively low sensitivity, while current instruments allow us to detect magnetic fields of white dwarfs with sub-kG precision. With the aim of obtaining a more complete view of the incidence of magnetic fields in degenerate stars, we have started a long-term campaign of high-precision spectropolarimetric observations of white dwarfs. Here we report the results obtained so far with the low-resolution FORS2 instrument of the ESO VLT and the medium-resolution ISIS instrument of the WHT. We have considered a sample of 48 stars, of which five are known magnetic or suspected magnetic stars, and obtained new longitudinal magnetic field measurements with a mean uncertainty of about 0.6kG. Overall, in the course of our survey (the results of which have been partially published in papers devoted to individual stars) we have discovered one new weak-field magnetic white dwarf, confirmed the magnetic nature of another, found that a suspected magnetic star is not magnetic, and suggested two new candidate magnetic white dwarfs. Even combined with data previously obtained in the literature, our sample is not sufficient yet to reach any final conclusions about the actual incidence of very weak magnetic fields in white dwarfs, but we have set the basis to achieve a homogeneous survey of an unbiased sample of white dwarfs. As a by-product, our survey has also enabled us to carry out a detailed characterisation of the ISIS and the FORS2 instruments for the detection of extremely weak magnetic fields in white dwarfs, and in particular to relate the signal-to-noise ratio to measurement uncertainty for white dwarfs of different spectral types. This study will help the optimisation of future observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/839/42
- Title:
- Spectrosc. of the circumstellar gas of WD1145+017
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/839/42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- With the recent discovery of transiting planetary material around WD1145+017, a critical target has been identified that links the evolution of planetary systems with debris disks and their accretion onto the star. We present a series of observations, five epochs over a year, taken with Keck and the VLT, which for the first time show variability of circumstellar absorption in the gas disk surrounding WD1145+017 on timescales of minutes to months. Circumstellar absorption is measured in more than 250 lines of 14 ions among 10 different elements associated with planetary composition, e.g., O, Mg, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, and Ni. Broad circumstellar gas absorption with a velocity spread of 225km/s is detected, but over the course of a year blueshifted absorption disappears, while redshifted absorption systematically increases. A correlation of equivalent width and oscillator strength indicates that the gas is not highly optically thick (median {tau}~2). We discuss simple models of an eccentric disk coupled with magnetospheric accretion to explain the basic observed characteristics of these high-resolution and high signal- to-noise observations. Variability is detected on timescales of minutes in the two most recent observations, showing a loss of redshifted absorption for tens of minutes, coincident with major transit events and consistent with gas hidden behind opaque transiting material. This system currently presents a unique opportunity to learn how the gas causing the spectroscopic, circumstellar absorption is associated with the ongoing accretion evidenced by photospheric contamination, as well as the transiting planetary material detected in photometric observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/B/wd
- Title:
- Spectroscopically identified white dwarfs
- Short Name:
- B/wd
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is an update of the Villanova catalog published in the ApJS paper, corresponding to the Web version of the catalog in Apr 2014 (see http://www.astronomy.villanova.edu/WDCatalog/index.html). The introduction to the 1999 catalog is in the file "preface.tex". This updated version lists 14294 unique white dwarfs for a total of 27975 rows (multiple observations).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/129
- Title:
- Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs
- Short Name:
- III/129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This compilation is an expanded and updated version to the second edition of the catalogue (Mc Cook and Sion 1984); it includes 1282 stars. Please refer to the introduction by the authors (file "intro.txt"), to the documentation of the computer-readable version by W.H. Warren (file "adc.txt" or "adc.tex"), and to the original paper for an extensive description.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/210
- Title:
- Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs
- Short Name:
- III/210
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalog of 2249 white dwarfs which have been identified spectroscopically is presented complete through 1996 April. This compilation is the fourth edition of the Villanova Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs. For each degenerate star, the following data entries with references are provided: (1) catalog coordinate designation or WD number, in order of right ascension; (2) the right ascension and declination for epoch 1950.0; (3) the spectral type based upon the new system; (4) a catalog symbol denoting binary membership; (5) a list of most names known to exist for a given star; (6) proper motion and position angle; (7) broad-band UBV Photometry, V, B-V, U-B; (8) multichannel spectrophotometry, V(MC), g-r; (9) Stroemgren narrow-band photometry y, b-y, u-b; (10) an absolute visual magnitude based upon the best available color-magnitude calibration or trigonometric parallax; (11) the observed radial velocity uncorrected for gravitational redshift or solar motion; and (12) the trigonometric parallax with mean error when available. A Notes section for unusual or peculiar stars and a coded Reference Key alphabetized by the first author's last name are presented, as well as an expanded table cross-referencing all names to catalog WD number. An introduction and full descriptions of the entries are provided in the text.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/235B
- Title:
- Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs
- Short Name:
- III/235B
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is an update of the Villanova catalog published in the ApJS paper, corresponding to the Web version of the catalog in August 2006 (see http://www.astronomy.villanova.edu/WDCatalog/index.html). The introduction to the 1999 catalog is in the file "preface.tex". This version includes many additions and corrections to the original 4th edition: additional entries (555 newly discovered white dwarfs), additional data for previously known white dwarfs (marked in the catalog); new SDSS photometry has also been added. The total number of white dwarfs in this version is 5557.
