2021ApJ...917...41V


Query : 2021ApJ...917...41V

2021ApJ...917...41V - Astrophys. J., 917, 41-41 (2021/August-2)

Recurring planetary debris transits and circumstellar gas around white dwarf ZTF J0328-1219.

VANDERBOSCH Z.P., RAPPAPORT S., GUIDRY J.A., GARY B.L., BLOUIN S., KAYE T.G., WEINBERGER A.J., MELIS C., KLEIN B.L., ZUCKERMAN B., VANDERBURG A., HERMES J.J., HEGEDUS R.J., BURLEIGH M.R., SEFAKO R., WORTERS H.L. and HEINTZ T.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present follow-up photometry and spectroscopy of ZTF J0328-1219, strengthening its status as a white dwarf exhibiting transiting planetary debris. Using TESS and Zwicky Transient Facility photometry, along with follow-up high-speed photometry from various observatories, we find evidence for two significant periods of variability at 9.937 and 11.2 hr. We interpret these as most likely the orbital periods of different debris clumps. Changes in the detailed dip structures within the light curves are observed on nightly, weekly, and monthly timescales, reminiscent of the dynamic behavior observed in the first white dwarf discovered to harbor a disintegrating asteroid, WD 1145+017. We fit previously published spectroscopy along with broadband photometry to obtain new atmospheric parameters for the white dwarf, with M* = 0.731 ± 0.023 M☉, Teff = 7630 ± 140 K, and [Ca/He] = - 9.55 ± 0.12. With new high-resolution spectroscopy, we detect prominent and narrow Na D absorption features likely of circumstellar origin, with velocities 21.4 ± 1.0 km s–1 blueshifted relative to atmospheric lines. We attribute the periodically modulated photometric signal to dusty effluents from small orbiting bodies such as asteroids or comets, but we are unable to identify the most likely material that is being sublimated, or otherwise ejected, as the environmental temperatures range from roughly 400 to 700 K.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): White dwarf stars - Transits - Circumstellar dust - Circumstellar gas - Roche limit - Tidal disruption - Planetesimals

Simbad objects: 12

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Number of rows : 12
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 SDSS J013906.22+524536.9 WD* 01 39 06.1711117824 +52 45 36.896612760           DA 44 0
2 Wolf 88 WD* 01 48 56.7965896608 +19 02 27.484961100   15.5   15.4   DAZB 68 0
3 2MASS J03283351-1219439 WD* 03 28 33.5152575456 -12 19 45.261314844           D 26 0
4 Gaia DR3 5161809451452454784 * 03 28 42.5807595193 -12 16 47.642000637           ~ 1 0
5 HD 21634 * 03 29 12.0588950992 -12 05 10.114744127   9.19 8.80     F3V 23 0
6 HD 21917 PM* 03 31 36.1285132114 -12 26 08.365910605   9.67 8.94     G6IV/V 9 0
7 HD 22243 * 03 34 37.4713793840 -09 52 05.732668974   6.258 6.239     A0V 38 0
8 Ruiz 439-80 WD* 11 27 09.2523446398 -29 40 11.199558503   15.02 15.02 14.8   DA5.3 54 1
9 LBQS 1145+0145 WD* 11 48 33.6297189672 +01 28 59.420446860           DB 216 0
10 PG 1225-079 WD* 12 27 47.3585913504 -08 14 37.972720428   14.86 14.74 15.15   DZA4 85 0
11 GD 362 WD* 17 31 34.3168718112 +37 05 20.711767812   16.3   16.4   DAZB 200 0
12 V* BR Psc BY* 23 49 12.5250852078 +02 24 04.405476893 11.532 10.427 8.993 8.029 6.946 dM1 370 0

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