Spectroscopic observations of high proper motion DA white dwarfs

Details Spectroscopic observations of high proper motion DA white dwarfs Spectroscopic observations of high proper motion DA white dwarfs

2009-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/0901.2780v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

To appear in the proceedings of the XV National Conference of Astronomers of Serbia (to be published in the Publ. Astron. Obs.

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We used the revised New Luyten Two-Tenths (rNLTT) catalog to select high proper motion white dwarf candidates. We studied the spectra of 70 hydrogen-rich (DA) white dwarfs, which were obtained at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) and extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We determined their effective temperature and surface gravity by fitting their Balmer line profiles to model white dwarf spectra. Using evolutionary mass-radius relations we determined their mass and cooling age. We also conducted a kinematical study of the white dwarf sample and found that most belong to the thin disk population. We have identified three magnetic white dwarfs and estimated their surface magnetic field. Finally, we have identified 6 white dwarfs that lie within 20 pc from the Sun.

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