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A proto-helium white dwarf stripped by a substellar companion via common-envelope ejection -- Uncovering the true nature of a candidate hypervelocity B-type star
Andreas Irrgang, Stephan Geier, Ulrich Heber +3
In the past, SDSS J160429.12+100002.2 was spectroscopically classified as a blue horizontal branch (BHB) star. Assuming a luminosity that is characteristic of BHB stars, the object…
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Three New Late-type Hypervelocity Star Candidates from Gaia DR2 with Refined Selection Criteria
Jiao Li, Shi Jia, Yan Gao +6
Several dozen hypervelocity star (HVS) candidates have been reported based on the second data release of Gaia (Gaia DR2). However, it has been proven that the radial velocities of…