SIMBAD references

2012MNRAS.419..304P - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 419, 304-313 (2012/January-1)

The shortest period detached white dwarf + main-sequence binary.

PARSONS S.G., MARSH T.R., GANSICKE B.T., DHILLON V.S., COPPERWHEAT C.M., LITTLEFAIR S.P., PYRZAS S., DRAKE A.J., KOESTER D., SCHREIBER M.R. and REBASSA-MANSERGAS A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present high-speed ULTRACAM and SOFI photometry and X-shooter spectroscopy of the recently discovered 94-min orbital period eclipsing white dwarf/main-sequence binary SDSS J085746.18+034255.3 (CSS 03170) and use these observations to measure the system parameters. We detect a shallow secondary eclipse and hence are able to determine an orbital inclination of i = 85°.5 ±0°.2. The white dwarf has a mass of 0.51±0.05 M☉ and a radius of 0.0247±0.0008 R☉. With a temperature of 35 300±400 K the white dwarf is highly overinflated if it has a carbon-oxygen core; however, if it has a helium core then its mass and radius are consistent with evolutionary models. Therefore, the white dwarf in SDSS J085746.18+034255.3 is most likely a helium core white dwarf with a mass close to the upper limit expected from evolution. The main-sequence star is an M8 dwarf with a mass of 0.09 ± 0.01 M☉ and a radius of 0.110±0.004 R☉placing it close to the hydrogen burning limit. The system emerged from a common envelope ∼20 million years ago and will reach a semidetached configuration in ∼400 million years, becoming a cataclysmic variable with a period of 66 min, below the period minimum.

Abstract Copyright: 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society2011 RAS

Journal keyword(s): binaries: eclipsing - stars: fundamental parameters - stars: individual: CSS 03170 - stars: low-mass - white dwarfs

Simbad objects: 9

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2012MNRAS.419..304P and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu