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亮度函数表明,20 pc内可能有多达100颗白矮星隐藏在多个系统中

Luminosity function suggests up to 100 white dwarfs within 20 pc may be hiding in multiple systems

Boaz Katz, Subo Dong, Doron Kushnir

摘要:

本文研究了Holberg等人的局部"完全“白矮星样本($d<20$ pc)中白矮星的光度函数.等人,2008年。我们发现,明亮和年轻的WD的分数是非常高的WD检测到在多个系统中的主序列(MS)的同伴相比,单一的WD和理论预期。这表明在多个系统中发现相对微弱的WD存在显著的观察偏差。在明亮的一端($M_V<11.5$),具有MS伴星的WD的数量大约等于单个白矮星的数量,这表明WD的$\gtrsim 50\%$具有MS伴星,这与早期型MS星的高多重性分数一致。如果这是真的,那么在20 pc以内的多个系统中,可能还有很大一部分的WD尚未被检测到,并且在太阳附近和其他地方的WD的数量密度可能是目前认为的两倍。

英文摘要:

We examine the luminosity function of white dwarfs (WDs) in the local ``complete'' WD sample ($d<20$ pc) of Holberg et. al. 2008. We find that the fraction of bright and young WDs is anomalously high among the WDs detected in multiple systems with main sequence (MS) companions compared to that of the single WDs and theoretical expectations. This indicates a significant observation bias against finding relatively faint WDs in multiple systems. At the bright end ($M_V<11.5$), the amount of WDs with MS companions is approximately equal to that of single white dwarfs, indicating that $\gtrsim 50\%$ of WDs have MS companions, consistent with the high multiplicity fraction of early-type MS stars. If true, a significant fraction of WDs in multiple systems within 20 pc may have not been detected yet, and the number density of WDs in the solar neighborhood and elsewhere may be up to twice as much as presently believed.

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