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Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS-X : the origin of low-mass white dwarfs

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Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Nebot Gómez-Morán, A., Schreiber, Matthias R., Girven, Jonathan and Gaensicke, B. T. (Boris T.) (2011) Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS-X : the origin of low-mass white dwarfs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.413 (No.2). pp. 1121-1131. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18200.x

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Abstract

We present the first white dwarf mass distributions of a large and homogeneous sample of post-common envelope binaries (PCEBs) and wide white dwarf main-sequence (WDMS) binaries directly obtained from observations. Both distributions are statistically independent, with PCEBs showing a clear concentration of systems towards the low-mass end of the distribution and the white dwarf mass distribution of wide WDMS binaries being similar to that of single white dwarfs. Our results provide evidence that the majority of low-mass (Mwd≲ 0.5 M⊙) white dwarfs are formed in close binaries.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Double stars, Double stars -- Spectra, Stars -- Evolution, White dwarf stars
Journal or Publication Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0035-8711
Official Date: May 2011
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May 2011Published
Volume: Vol.413
Number: No.2
Page Range: pp. 1121-1131
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18200.x
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile) (FONDECYT), Chile. Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica ( CONICYT), Universidad de Valparaíso. Centro de Astrofísica, European Southern Observatory, Gemini Project
Grant number: 3110049 (FONDECYT), 1061199 (FONDECYT), 1100782 (FONDECYT), 32080023 (ESO/Gemini/CONICYT)

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