9 papers
Searching for Ultra-light Dark Matter in Spatial Correlations of White Dwarf Structure
Nicole R. Crumpler, Nadia L. Zakamska, Gautham Adamane Pallathadka +1
If dark matter is ultra-light and has certain Standard Model interactions, it can change the mass-radius relation of white dwarf stars. The coherence length of ultra-light dark mat…
Double White Dwarf Binaries in SDSS-V DR19 : A catalog of DA white dwarf binaries and constraints on the binary population
Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Vedant Chandra, Nadia L. Zakamska +17
The fifth-generation Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) includes the first large-scale spectroscopic survey of white dwarfs (WDs) in the era of Gaia parallaxes. SDSS-V collects mult…
Resolution-Corrected White Dwarf Gravitational Redshifts Validate SDSS-V Wavelength Calibration and Enable Accurate Mass-Radius Tests
Stefan M. Arseneau, J. J. Hermes, Nadia L. Zakamska +7
Leveraging the large sample size of low-resolution spectroscopic surveys to constrain white dwarf stellar structure requires an accurate understanding of the shapes of hydrogen abs…
A Large Catalog of DA White Dwarf Characteristics Using SDSS and Gaia Observations
Nicole R. Crumpler, Vedant Chandra, Nadia L. Zakamska +12
We present a catalog of 8545 and 19,257 unique DA white dwarfs observed in SDSS Data Release 19 and previous SDSS data releases, respectively. This is the largest catalog of both s…
Double White Dwarf Binaries in SDSS-V DR19 : The discovery of a rare DA+DQ white dwarf binary with 31 hour orbital period
Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Vedant Chandra, Boris T. Gansicke +13
Binaries of two white dwarfs (WDs) are an important class of astrophysical objects that are theorized to lead to Type Ia supernovae and are also used to gain insight into complex p…
Discovery of a Proto-White Dwarf with a Massive Unseen Companion
Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Vedant Chandra, Nadia L. Zakamska +8
We report the discovery of SDSS~J022932.28+713002.7, a nascent extremely low-mass (ELM) white dwarf (WD) orbiting a massive ( at 2 confidence) companion with a pe…