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most citedA test of the planet-star unipolar inductor for magnetic white dwarfs

19 citations · 46 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.SR2023★ 6 cited

Discovery of Dipolar Chromospheres in Two White Dwarfs

J. Farihi, J. J. Hermes, S. P. Littlefair +3

This paper reports the ULTRACAM discovery of dipolar surface spots in two cool magnetic white dwarfs with Balmer emission lines, while a third system exhibits a single spot, simila…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 4 cited

Measurement of stellar and substellar winds using white dwarf hosts

N. Walters, J. Farihi, P. Dufour +2

White dwarfs stars are known to be polluted by their active planetary systems, but little attention has been paid to the accretion of wind from low-mass companions. The capture of…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 5 cited

Two substellar survivor candidates; one found and one missing

N. Walters, J. Farihi, T. R. Marsh +4

This study presents observations of two possible substellar survivors of post-main sequence engulfment, currently orbiting white dwarf stars. Infrared and optical spectroscopy of G…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 12 cited

Carbon-enhanced stars with short orbital and spin periods

L. J. Whitehouse, J. Farihi, I. D. Howarth +5

Many characteristics of dwarf carbon stars are broadly consistent with a binary origin, including mass transfer from an evolved companion. While the population overall appears to h…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 19 cited

A test of the planet-star unipolar inductor for magnetic white dwarfs

N. Walters, J. Farihi, T. R. Marsh +7

Despite thousands of spectroscopic detections, only four isolated white dwarfs exhibit Balmer emission lines. The temperature inversion mechanism is a puzzle over 30 years old that…