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A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars III. The short-period binary population
H. Dawson, M. Dorsch, J. Munday +16
Hot subdwarf stars of spectral types O and B (sdO/B) in binaries form as products of substantial mass loss near the tip of the red giant branch and offer powerful constraints on bi…
A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars II. Atmospheric parameters, mass distribution, and kinematics
H. Dawson, M. Dorsch, S. Geier +30
We present a quantitative spectroscopic and kinematic analysis of a volume-complete sample of hot subluminous stars within 500 pc of the Sun, assembled using accurate parallax meas…
The twin red giant branch system BD+20 5391 A case study of low-mass double-core evolution
M. Kurpas, M. Dorsch, S. Geier +12
Understanding interactions of binary systems on the red giant branch is crucial to understanding the formation of compact stellar remnants such as helium-core white dwarfs (He-WDs)…
Where are the binaries? -- Searching for blue horizontal-branch stars in binary systems in the inner Galactic Halo
R. Culpan, M. Dorsch, I. Pelisoli +14
Blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars are evolved low-mass objects that have completed their core hydrogen burning main-sequence (MS) stage and have lost significant mass during the r…
Asteroseismology of WD J004917.14-252556.81, the Most Massive Pulsating White Dwarf
O. Caliskan, M. Uzundag, M. Kilic +10
We present extensive follow-up time-series photometry of WD J00492525, the most massive pulsating white dwarf currently known with and $\log{\i…
A targeted search for binary white dwarf pulsars using Gaia and WISE
Ingrid Pelisoli, T. R. Marsh, G. Tovmassian +24
After its discovery in 2016, the white dwarf binary AR Scorpii (AR Sco) remained for several years the only white dwarf system to show pulsed radio emission associated with a fast-…
ASASSN-14dx: A cataclysmic variable harbouring a massive pulsating white dwarf
Pasi Hakala, Ingrid Pelisoli, Boris T. Gaensicke +5
We present the results of our study of ASASSN-14dx, a previously known but poorly characterised cataclysmic variable (CV). The source was observed as part of an ongoing high-time-r…
An observational overview of white dwarf stars
Ingrid Pelisoli, Jamie Williams
White dwarf stars are the most common final stage of stellar evolution. Since the serendipitous discovery of the first white dwarf by William Herschel and the first physical models…
Constraints on optical and near-infrared variability in the localisation of the long-period radio transient GLEAM-X J1627-52
J. D. Lyman, V. S. Dhillon, S. Kamann +5
GLEAM-X J1627-52 was discovered as a periodic (~18 min) radio signal over a duration of three months in 2018. It is an enigmatic example of a growing population of 'long-period rad…
Two almost planetary mass survivors of common envelope evolution
S. G. Parsons, A. J. Brown, S. L. Casewell +19
White dwarfs are often found in close binaries with stellar or even substellar companions. It is generally thought that these compact binaries form via common envelope evolution, t…
Searching for new variable white dwarfs: The discovery of the three new pulsating and three new binary systems
Larissa Antunes Amaral, Maja Vučković, Ingrid Pelisoli +3
In recent years, approximately 150 low-mass white dwarfs (WDs), typically with masses below 0.4 solar masses, have been discovered. Observational evidence indicates that most of th…
A Link Between White Dwarf Pulsars and Polars: Multiwavelength Observations of the 9.36-Minute Period Variable Gaia22ayj
Antonio C. Rodriguez, Kareem El-Badry, Pasi Hakala +30
White dwarfs (WDs) are the most abundant compact objects, and recent surveys have suggested that over a third of WDs in accreting binaries host a strong (B 1 MG) magnetic…
A gravitational wave detectable candidate Type Ia supernova progenitor
Emma T. Chickles, Kevin B. Burdge, Joheen Chakraborty +37
Type Ia supernovae, critical for studying cosmic expansion, arise from thermonuclear explosions of white dwarfs, but their precise progenitor pathways remain unclear. Growing evide…
Expanding the ultracompacts: gravitational wave-driven mass transfer in the shortest-period binaries with accretion disks
Joheen Chakraborty, Kevin B. Burdge, Saul A. Rappaport +35
We report the discovery of three ultracompact binary white dwarf systems hosting accretion disks, with orbital periods of 7.95, 8.68, and 13.15 minutes. This significantly augments…
Analysis of optical spectroscopy and photometry of the type I X-ray bursting system UW CrB
M. R. Kennedy, P. Callanan, P. M. Garnavich +19
UW Coronae Borealis (UW CrB) is a low mass X-ray binary that shows both Type 1 X-ray and optical bursts, which typically last for 20 s. The system has a binary period of close to 2…
A spectroscopic and kinematic survey of fast hot subdwarfs
S. Geier, U. Heber, A. Irrgang +19
Hot subdwarfs (sdO/B) are the stripped helium cores of red giants formed by binary interactions. Close hot subdwarf binaries with massive white dwarf companions have been proposed…
The DBL Survey I: discovery of 34 double-lined double white dwarf binaries
James Munday, Ingrid Pelisoli, P. E. Tremblay +8
We present the first discoveries of the double-lined double white dwarf (DBL) survey that targets over-luminous sources with respect to the canonical white dwarf cooling sequence a…
Large-scale ordered magnetic fields generated in mergers of helium white dwarfs
Rüdiger Pakmor, Ingrid Pelisoli, Stephen Justham +9
Stellar mergers are one important path to highly magnetised stars. Mergers of two low-mass white dwarfs may create up to every third hot subdwarf star. The merging process is usual…
The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview
Paul J. Groot, S. Bloemen, P. Vreeswijk +75
The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect…
Long-term variability in debris transiting white dwarfs
Amornrat Aungwerojwit, Boris T. Gaensicke, Vikram S. Dhillon +7
Combining archival photometric observations from multiple large-area surveys spanning the past 17 years, we detect long-term variability in the light curves of ZTFJ032833.52-121945…
A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars I. Space density, scale height, and population properties
H. Dawson, S. Geier, U. Heber +25
We present the first volume-limited sample of spectroscopically confirmed hot subluminous stars out to 500 pc, defined using the accurate parallax measurements from the {\em Gaia}…
The double low-mass white dwarf eclipsing binary system J2102-4145 and its possible evolution
Larissa Antunes Amaral, James Munday, Maja Vučković +7
Approximately 150 low-mass white dwarfs, with masses below 0.4Msun, have been discovered. The majority of these low-mass WDs are observed in binary systems as they cannot be formed…
Probing the inner Galactic Halo with blue horizontal branch stars: Gaia DR3 based catalogue with atmospheric and stellar parameters
Richard Culpan, Matti Dorsch, Stephan Geier +4
Context. Stars that are found on the blue horizontal-branch (BHB) have evolved from low-mass stars that have completed their core hydrogen burning main sequence stage and have unde…
J0526+5934: a peculiar ultra-short period double white dwarf
Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas, Mark Hollands, Steven G. Parsons +6
Ultra-short period compact binaries are important sources of gravitational waves, which include e.g. the progenitors of type Ia supernovae or the progenitors of merger episodes tha…