Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-28
Astrophys.J. 646 (2006) 480-492
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
46 pages, 3 figures, 5 tables, accepted to ApJ. Full-resolution images available upon request. A few table entries corrected
Scientific paper
10.1086/504683
First results are presented for a Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys snapshot study of white dwarfs with likely red dwarf companions. Of 48 targets observed and analyzed so far, 27 are totally or partially resolved into two or more components, while an additional 15 systems are almost certainly unresolved binaries. These results provide the first direct empirical evidence for a bimodal distribution of orbital separations among binary systems containing at least one white dwarf.
Farihi Jay
Hoard Donald Wayne
Wachter Stefanie
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