A First Look at White Dwarf-M Dwarf Pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

  • Raymond S
  • Szkody P
  • Hawley S
  • et al.
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Abstract

We have identified 109 white dwarf (WD)-M dwarf pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with g〈20th magnitude. For each system we determined the temperature of the WD primary and the spectral type of the M dwarf secondary. Using Hα emission as a proxy for the chromospheric activity level of the M dwarf, we investigated correlations between the activity level and properties of the system. Compared with field M dwarfs previously observed in the Palomar/MSU Survey, we see a slightly higher active fraction of early-type stars, with activity levels similar to the field. We have conducted follow-up observations at the ARC 3.5 m telescope to obtain radial velocity information and to search for short-period binaries that may be on the verge of interacting. We report on one system with a 4.1 hr period and several additional systems with significant velocity variations.

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Raymond, S. N., Szkody, P., Hawley, S. L., Anderson, S. F., Brinkmann, J., Covey, K. R., … York, D. G. (2003). A First Look at White Dwarf-M Dwarf Pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astronomical Journal, 125(5), 2621–2629. https://doi.org/10.1086/374762

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