Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
to appear in the proceedings of IAU2006 JD4 The UV Universe: Stars from Birth to Death (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Scientific paper
We have cross-correlated the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) white dwarf catalog with the GALEX 2nd Data Release and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release 5 to obtain ultraviolet photometry (FUV, NUV) for approximately 700 objects and optical photometry (ugriz) for approximately 800 objects. We have compared the optical-ultraviolet colors to synthetic white dwarf colors to obtain temperature estimates for approximately 250 of these objects. These white dwarfs have effective temperatures ranging from 10 000 K (cooling age of about 1Gyr) up to about 40 000 K (cooling age of about 3 Myrs), with a few that have even higher temperatures. We found that to distinguish white dwarfs from other stellar luminosity classes both optical and ultraviolet colors are necessary, in particular for the hotter objects where there is contamination from B and O main-sequence stars. Using this sample we build a luminosity function for the DA white dwarfs with M_V < 12 mag.
Kawka Adela
Vennes Stephane
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