We used the revised New Luyten Two-Tenths (rNLTT) catalog to select high proper motion white dwarf candidates. We studied the spectra of 70 hydrogen-rich (DA) white dwarfs, which were obtained at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) and extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We determined their effective temperature and surface gravity by fitting their Balmer line profiles to model white dwarf spectra. Using evolutionary mass-radius relations we determined their mass and cooling age. We also conducted a kinematical study of the white dwarf sample and found that most belong to the thin disk population. We have identified three magnetic white dwarfs and estimated their surface magnetic field. Finally, we have identified 6 white dwarfs that lie within 20 pc from the Sun.
Toward a Spectroscopic Census of White Dwarfs Within 40 parsecs of the Sun
我们目前的初步调查结果，旨在显着增加光谱确认的白矮星的本地普查的范围和完整性。目前对附近白矮星的普查只完成了大约20秒差距的太阳，一个包括大约130个白矮星的体积，样本太小，无法进行详细的统计分析。这次普查主要是基于对具有非常大自行的恒星的后续调查。我们在这里描述的基础上的一种方法，将导致一个目录的白矮星在40秒差距的太阳和天球赤道以北，从而增加了8倍的北部天空普查的范围。白矮星候选人确定从SUPERBLINK自行数据库，使我们能够调查恒星自行限制mu>40 mas yr-1，同时尽量减少附近物体的运动学偏差。选择标准和距离估计是基于颜色幅度和减少自行图的组合。我们的后续光谱观测活动迄今已发现了193颗新的白矮星，其中我们确认了127颗DA星（包括9颗DA+dM星和4颗磁性星）、1颗DB星、56颗DC星、3颗DQ星和6颗DZ星。我们进行光谱分析的子样本的84个DA，并提供其大气参数。特别是，我们确定了11个新的白矮星的光谱距离在25 pc的太阳，包括5个候选人的D<20 pc的子集。
The spectroscopic features of white dwarfs are formed in the thin upper layer of their stellar photosphere. These features carry information about the white dwarf's surface temperature, surface gravity, and chemical composition (hereafter 'labels'). Existing methods to determine these labels rely on complex ab-initio theoretical models which are not always publicly available. Here we present two techniques to determine atmospheric labels from white dwarf spectra: a generative fitting pipeline that interpolates theoretical spectra with artificial neural networks, and a random forest regression …
We present radial velocity observations of four binary white dwarf candidates identified through their over-luminosity. We identify two new double-lined spectroscopic binary systems, WD 0311-649 and WD 1606+422, and constrain their orbital parameters. WD 0311-649 is a 17.7 h period system with a mass ratio of $1.44 \pm 0.06$ and WD 1606+422 is a 20.1 h period system with a mass ratio of $1.33 \pm 0.03$. An additional object, WD 1447-190, is a 43 h period single-lined white dwarf binary, whereas WD 1418-088 does not show any significant velocity variations over timescales ranging from minutes t…
We present a spectroscopic survey of 248 white dwarf candidates within 40 pc of the Sun; of these 244 are in the southern hemisphere. Observations were performed mostly with the Very Large Telescope (X-Shooter) and Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope. Almost all candidates were selected from $\textit{Gaia}$ Data Release 3 (DR3). We find a total of 246 confirmed white dwarfs, 209 of which had no previously published spectra, and two main-sequence star contaminants. Of these, 100 white dwarfs display hydrogen Balmer lines, 69 have featureless spectra, and two show only neutral helium lines…
We present a comprehensive analysis of DB white dwarfs drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, based on model fits to $ugriz$ photometry and medium resolution spectroscopy from the SDSS. We also take advantage of the exquisite trigonometric parallax measurements recently obtained by the Gaia mission. Using the so-called photometric and spectroscopic techniques, we measure the atmospheric and physical parameters of each object in our sample ($T_{\rm eff}$, $\log g$, H/He, Ca/He, $R$, $M$), and compare the values obtained from both techniques in order to assess the precision and accuracy of eac…
We present a spectroscopic survey of 230 white dwarf candidates within 40 pc of the Sun from the William Herschel Telescope and Gran Telescopio Canarias. All candidates were selected from $\textit{Gaia}$ Data Release 2 (DR2) and in almost all cases had no prior spectroscopic classifications. We find a total of 191 confirmed white dwarfs and 39 main-sequence star contaminants. The majority of stellar remnants in the sample are relatively cool ($\langle T_{\rm eff} \rangle$ = 6200 K), showing either hydrogen Balmer lines or a featureless spectrum, corresponding to 89 DA and 76 DC white dwarfs, r…
In this paper, we present corrections to the spectroscopic parameters of DB and DBA white dwarfs with -10.0 < log(H/He) < -2.0, 7.5 < log(g) < 9.0 and 12000 K < T_eff < 34000 K, based on 282 3D atmospheric models calculated with the CO5BOLD radiation-hydrodynamics code. These corrections arise due to a better physical treatment of convective energy transport in 3D models when compared to the previously available 1D model atmospheres. By applying the corrections to an existing SDSS sample of DB and DBA white dwarfs, we find significant corrections both for the effective temperature and surface …
We present a detailed spectroscopic and photometric analysis of DA and DB white dwarfs drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with trigonometric parallax measurements available from the Gaia mission. The temperature and mass scales obtained from fits to $ugriz$ photometry appear reasonable for both DA and DB stars, with almost identical mean masses of $\langle M \rangle = 0.617~M_\odot$ and $0.620~M_\odot$, respectively. The comparison with similar results obtained from spectroscopy reveals several problems with our model spectra for both pure hydrogen and pure helium compositions. In particu…
High resolution spectroscopy of the lowest-mass stars and brown dwarfs reveals their origins, multiplicity, compositions and physical properties, with implications for the star formation and chemical evolution history of the Milky Way. We motivate the need for high-resolution, infrared spectroscopic surveys to reach these faint sources.
A Detailed Model Atmosphere Analysis of Hot White Dwarfs in DESI DR1
University of Oklahoma（俄克拉荷马大学）；Université de Montréal（蒙特利尔大学）；University of Florida（佛罗里达大学）；University of Victoria（维多利亚大学）；Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian（哈佛-史密森尼天体物理中心）
Reaching Higher Densities for Laboratory White Dwarf Photospheres to Measure Spectroscopic Line Profiles
作为我们的实验室研究的白矮星大气模型中使用的理论线配置文件的一部分，我们扩展了电子密度（$n_{\rm e}$）的范围，我们的实验测量到更高的密度（高达$n_{e}\sim80\times10^{16}$ cm $^{-3}$）。尽管使用氢- $β$谱线推断的参数在$n_{\rm e}\lesssim30\times10^{16}$ cm $^{-3}$的不同线形模型之间一致，但我们现在看到模型之间的分歧。这些密度超出了先前在实验室中基准化的范围，这意味着该制度中的理论概况尚未得到充分验证。通过实验探索这些更高的密度，使我们能够测试和约束不同的线轮廓模型，因为它们的相对H-Balmer线形状的差异在这种条件下更加明显。这些实验也有助于我们对占据概率的研究，因为我们可以通过相对谱线强度来测量这些概率。
We present optical spectra of 144 white dwarfs detected in the Montreal-Cambridge-Tololo (MCT) colorimetric survey, including 120 DA, 12 DB, 4 DO, 1 DQ, and 7 DC stars. We also perform a model atmosphere analysis of all objects in our sample using the so-called spectroscopic technique, or the photometric technique in the case of DC white dwarfs. The main objective of this paper is to contribute to the ongoing effort of confirming spectroscopically all white dwarf candidates in the Gaia survey, in particular in the southern hemisphere. All our spectra are made available in the Montreal White Dw…
As they evolve, white dwarfs undergo major changes in surface composition, a phenomenon known as spectral evolution. In particular, some stars enter the cooling sequence with helium atmospheres (type DO) but eventually develop hydrogen atmospheres (type DA), most likely through the upward diffusion of residual hydrogen. Our empirical knowledge of this process remains scarce: the fractions of white dwarfs that are born helium-rich and that experience the DO-to-DA transformation are poorly constrained. We tackle this issue by performing a detailed model-atmosphere investigation of 1806 hot ($T_{…
The next generation of spectroscopic surveys is expected to provide spectra for hundreds of thousands of white dwarf (WD) candidates in the upcoming years. Currently, spectroscopic classification of white dwarfs is mostly done by visual inspection, requiring substantial amounts of expert attention. We propose a data-driven pipeline for fast, automatic selection and spectroscopic classification of WD candidates, trained using spectroscopically confirmed objects with available Gaia astrometry, photometry, and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectra with signal-to-noise ratios $\geq9$. The pipeli…
Hunting for the progenitor of SN 1006: High resolution spectroscopic search with the FLAMES instrument
Ia型超新星在宇宙的演化中扮演着重要的角色，并且有着广泛的应用。人们普遍认为，这些事件是碳氧白矮星的热核爆炸，其质量接近1.38 M \odot。然而，CO白矮星出生时的质量远低于克拉塞卡极限，因此需要质量吸积才能成为Ia型超新星。吸积主要有两种情况。第一，两颗白矮星的合并，第二，来自伴星的稳定质量吸积。根据预测，这颗伴星（也被称为供体星）在爆炸中幸存下来，因此应该在Ia型遗迹的中心可见。在本文中，我们仔细检查了SN 1006残骸的中心恒星（共79颗），以寻找这种情况下预测的幸存的供体恒星。我们在SN 1006中没有发现与传统吸积方案一致的恒星。
A New Generation of Cool White Dwarf Atmosphere Models. II. A DZ Star with Collision-Induced Absorption
在本系列的第一篇论文（Blouin et al. 2018）中，我们介绍了我们升级的冷白矮星大气代码。在第二篇论文中，我们使用我们的新模型分析了SDSS J080440.63+223948.6（J0804+2239），这是第一颗显示出碰撞诱导吸收（CIA）的DZ星。这个对象为我们的模型提供了一个关键的测试，因为我们的代码的以前版本无法同时适合金属吸收线和CIA。我们发现一个很好的适合光谱和光度数据，这进一步验证了我们的模型的改进的本构物理。我们还表明，金属线的存在下，允许解除高和低氢丰度之间的简并度，通常会影响适合的白矮星与CIA。最后，我们探讨了光谱未检测到的金属对DC星的光度解决方案的潜在影响。
Mass transfer in an interacting binary will often strip the mass donor of its entire envelope and spin up the mass gainer to near critical rotation. The nearby B-type star Regulus represents a binary in the post-mass transfer stage: it is a rapid rotator with a very faint companion in a 40 d orbit. Here we present the results of a search for the spectral features of the stripped-down star in an extensive set of high S/N and high resolution spectra obtained with the CFHT/ESPaDOnS and TBL/NARVAL spectrographs. We first determine revised orbital elements in order to set accurate estimates of the …
We present an analysis of all single white dwarf stars known to exhibit spectroscopic signatures of neutral helium line splitting due to the presence of a strong magnetic field. Using state-of-the-art models taking into account the effects of magnetic fields on the synthetic spectra, we determine effective temperatures, surface gravities and masses for the stars in our sample. Our analysis uses data from the second and third Gaia (early) data release, photometric data from diverse surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Pan-STARRS, and archived spectroscopic data. We are able to succe…
