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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 Gänsicke, 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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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18200.x
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 | ||||
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| 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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| 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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