Searching for the "Missing" PG Hot Subdwarfs in SDSS and GALEX Data

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2005-11-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511403v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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four pages, one figure, Proceedings of Second Meeting on Hot Subdwarf Stars and Related Objects, 6-10 June 2005 (La Palma, Can

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Many EHB stars have been found in short-period binaries, where the companions in these post-common envelope systems are either white dwarfs or dM stars; these systems are catalogued as hot subdwarfs because the subdwarf is the more luminous component. Hypothesized Roche-lobe overflow systems (with more massive companions) may largely be uncatalogued, since the G band or Ca II K-line from the companion may have caused them to be overlooked or discarded. In particular, many candidate objects were excluded from the PG catalog because of such spectroscopic indicators. Could these rejects include large numbers of "missing" hot subdwarfs? We have examined 2MASS, SDSS, and GALEX archival data for large subsets of these rejected stars, and conclude that only a handful (about 3%) show indications of binarity; most are consistent with (single) metal-poor F stars, as was originally supposed.

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