2022ApJ...936...33Z -
Astrophys. J., 936, 33 (2022/September-1)
A White Dwarf-Main-sequence Binary Unveiled by Time-domain Observations from LAMOST and TESS.
ZHENG L.-L., GU W.-M., SUN M., ZHANG Z.-X., YI T., WU J., WANG J., FU J.-B., QI S.-Y., YANG F., WANG S., WANG L., BAI Z.-R., ZHANG H., LI C.-Q., SHI J.-R., ZONG W., BAI Y. and LIU J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We report a single-lined white dwarf-main-sequence binary system, LAMOST J172900.17+652952.8, which is discovered by the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST)'s medium-resolution time-domain surveys. The radial-velocity semi-amplitude and orbital period of the optical visible star are measured by using follow-up observations with the Palomar 200 inch telescope and light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Thus the mass function of the invisible candidate white dwarf is derived, f(M2) = 0.120 ± 0.003 M⊙. The mass of the visible star is measured based on a spectral energy distribution fitting, M1 = ${0.81}_{-0.06}^{+0.07}\,{M}_{\odot }$. Hence, the mass of its invisible companion is M2 ≳ 0.63 M⊙. The companion ought to be a compact object rather than a main-sequence star owing to the mass ratio q = M2/M1 ≳ 0.78 and the single-lined spectra. The compact object is likely to be a white dwarf if the inclination angle is not small, i ≳ 40°. By using the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) near-UV flux, the effective temperature of the white dwarf candidate is constrained as ${T}_{\mathrm{eff}}^{\mathrm{WD}}$ ≲ 12,000-13,500 K. It is difficult to detect white dwarfs which are outshone by their bright companions via single-epoch optical spectroscopic surveys. Therefore, optical time-domain surveys can play an important role in unveiling invisible white dwarfs and other compact objects in binaries.
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© 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
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Close binary stars - Radial velocity - White dwarf stars - Light curves
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