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The evolutionary state of short-period magnetic white dwarf binaries

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Breedt, E., Gänsicke, B. T. (Boris T.), Girven, Jonathan, Drake, A. J., Copperwheat, C. M., Parsons, S. G. and Marsh, Tom (2012) The evolutionary state of short-period magnetic white dwarf binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.423 (No.2). pp. 1437-1449. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20965.x ISSN 0035-8711.

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Abstract

We present phase-resolved spectroscopy of two new short-period low accretion rate magnetic binaries, SDSS J125044.42+154957.3 (Porb= 86 min) and SDSS J151415.65+074446.5 (Porb= 89 min). Both systems were previously identified as magnetic white dwarfs from the Zeeman splitting of the Balmer absorption lines in their optical spectra. Their spectral energy distributions exhibit a large near-infrared excess, which we interpret as a combination of cyclotron emission and possibly a late-type companion star. No absorption features from the companion are seen in our optical spectra. We derive the orbital periods from a narrow, variable Hα emission line which we show to originate on the companion star. The high radial velocity amplitude measured in both systems suggests a high orbital inclination, but we find no evidence for eclipses in our data. The two new systems resemble the polar EF Eri in its prolonged low state and also SDSS J121209.31+013627.7, a known magnetic white dwarf plus possible brown dwarf binary, which was also recovered by our method.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0035-8711
Official Date: June 2012
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June 2012Published
Volume: Vol.423
Number: No.2
Page Range: pp. 1437-1449
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20965.x
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 22 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 22 December 2015

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