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对尘埃白矮星GD 362的直接距离测量

Direct Distance Measurement to the Dusty White Dwarf GD 362

Mukremin Kilic, John R. Thorstensen, Detlev Koester

摘要:

我们目前的三角视差观测GD 362获得了七个历元使用MDM 2.4米Hiltner望远镜。在这颗可能质量很大的白矮星周围存在着一个尘埃盘,这使它成为视差观测的一个有趣目标。GD 362的视差测量值为50.6 pc,这意味着它的半径和质量分别约为0.0106 Rsun和0.71 Msun。GD 362的质量并不像最初认为的那么大(1.2Msun)。我们的结果与Zuckerman等人的距离和质量估计(52.2 pc和0.73 Msun)完全一致,他证明了GD 362的大气层以氦为主将GD 362从大质量白矮星的名单中剔除,没有已知的M > 0.9 Msun的白矮星拥有星周尘埃盘。

英文摘要:

We present trigonometric parallax observations of GD 362 obtained over seven epochs using the MDM 2.4m Hiltner Telescope. The existence of a dust disk around this possibly massive white dwarf makes it an interesting target for parallax observations. The measured parallax for GD 362 places it at a distance of 50.6 pc, which implies that its radius and mass are ~ 0.0106 Rsun and 0.71 Msun, respectively. GD 362 is not as massive as initially thought (1.2Msun). Our results are entirely consistent with the distance and mass estimates (52.2 pc and 0.73 Msun) by Zuckerman et al., who demonstrated that GD 362 has a helium dominated atmosphere. Dropping GD 362 from the list of massive white dwarfs, there are no white dwarfs with M > 0.9 Msun that are known to host circumstellar dust disks.

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