2025MNRAS.540..385B


Query : 2025MNRAS.540..385B

2025MNRAS.540..385B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 540, 385-415 (2025/June-2)

DAmodel: hierarchical Bayesian modelling of DA white dwarfs for spectrophotometric calibration.

BOYD B.M., NARAYAN G., MANDEL K.S., GRAYLING M., SAHA A., AXELROD T., MATHESON T., OLSZEWSKI E.W., CALAMIDA A., DO A., BOHLIN R.C., HOLBERG J.B., HUBENY I., DEUSTUA S., REST A., STUBBS C.W., BERRES A., LI M., MACKENTY J.W. and SABBI E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We use hierarchical Bayesian modelling to calibrate a network of 32 all-sky faint DA white dwarf (DA WD) spectrophotometric standards ($16.5 < V < 19.5$) alongside three CALSPEC standards, from 912 Å to 32 $\mu$m. The framework is the first of its kind to jointly infer photometric zero points and WD parameters (surface gravity $\log g$, effective temperature $T_{\text{eff}}$, extinction $A_V$, dust relation parameter $R_V$) by simultaneously modelling both photometric and spectroscopic data. We model panchromatic Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (HST/WFC3) UVIS and IR photometry, HST/STIS UV spectroscopy, and ground-based optical spectroscopy to sub-per cent precision. Photometric residuals for the sample are the lowest yet yielding $<0.004$ mag RMS on average from the UV to the NIR, achieved by jointly inferring time-dependent changes in system sensitivity and WFC3/IR count-rate nonlinearity. Our GPU-accelerated implementation enables efficient sampling via Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, critical for exploring the high-dimensional posterior space. The hierarchical nature of the model enables population analysis of intrinsic WD and dust parameters. Inferred spectral energy distributions from this model will be essential for calibrating the James Webb Space Telescope as well as next-generation surveys, including Vera Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): standards - methods: statistical - surveys - stars: fundamental parameters - stars: statistics - white dwarfs

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Number of rows : 35
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 GALEX J010322.1-002047 WD* 01 03 22.1944365720 -00 20 47.695244964           DA1: 19 0
2 2QZ J012200.6-305203 WD* 01 22 00.6995743848 -30 52 03.753157224           DA 7 0
3 SDSS J022817.17-082716.4 WD* 02 28 17.1713236008 -08 27 16.351621128           DA 15 0
4 GALEX J023824.9-360223 WD* 02 38 24.8929800576 -36 02 23.442010404           DA 8 0
5 GALEX J024854.9+334545 WD* 02 48 54.9598985856 +33 45 48.319676496           DA 16 0
6 GALEX J045822.9-563734 WD* 04 58 22.8547941672 -56 37 34.497576480           DA 8 0
7 BD+52 913 WD* 05 05 30.6180977592 +52 49 51.919301604 10.25 11.44 11.69 11.93 12.108 DA.8 1153 0
8 Gaia DR3 2967083052984612736 WD* 05 41 14.7370353384 -19 30 38.464936596           DA 9 0
9 GD 71 WD* 05 52 27.6198591816 +15 53 13.228887444 11.675 12.783 13.032 13.169 13.337 DA1.5 407 0
10 Gaia DR3 5484605140287436416 WD* 06 39 41.4338500411 -57 12 31.861281015           DA 6 0
11 SDSS J072752.76+321416.1 WD* 07 27 52.7690249640 +32 14 16.156736016           DA 17 0
12 SDSS J081508.78+073145.7 WD* 08 15 08.7759903216 +07 31 45.777596376           DA 10 0
13 Gaia DR3 5421579652019276160 WD* 09 56 57.0198707040 -38 41 29.532193800           DA 9 0
14 2QZ J102430.9-003208 WD* 10 24 30.9344975280 -00 32 07.069681716           DA 20 0
15 GALEX J105525.4-361214 WD* 10 55 25.3842879648 -36 12 15.468715512           DA 9 0
16 GALEX J111059.4-170954 WD* 11 10 59.4294227448 -17 09 54.180051804           DA 16 0
17 CBS 423 WD* 11 11 27.3090525576 +39 56 28.058259552           DA 18 0
18 EC 12037-2712 WD* 12 06 20.3507853072 -27 29 40.683267384   16.9 16.80 16.6   DA1.4 13 0
19 2QZ J120650.4+020142 WD* 12 06 50.4156471384 +02 01 42.512061216           DA 20 0
20 CSO 1291 WD* 12 14 05.1105844944 +45 38 18.403268604           DA 21 0
21 GD 153 WD* 12 57 02.3224909560 +22 01 52.634778240 11.883 13.060 13.349 13.488 13.669 DA1.2 380 0
22 GALEX J130234.4+101239 WD* 13 02 34.4362955352 +10 12 38.985923160           DA 22 0
23 GALEX J131445.0-031416 WD* 13 14 45.0497500896 -03 14 15.594829656           DA 18 0
24 GALEX J143459.6-281902 WD* 14 34 59.5870370160 -28 19 03.593014968           DA 9 0
25 LB 769 WD* 15 14 21.2727679272 +00 47 52.809370512   15.61 16.5 16.2   DA1.8 51 0
26 1RXS J153545.2-772439 WD* 15 35 45.3102171624 -77 24 44.132506092   16.6   17.3 17.09 DA1 27 0
27 SBSS 1556+559 WD* 15 57 45.4019096496 +55 46 09.704961912           DA 24 0
28 GALEX J163800.3+004717 WD* 16 38 00.3619541688 +00 47 17.782488600           DA1 22 0
29 HS 1817+7852 WD* 18 14 24.1375448544 +78 54 02.899488348           DA 25 0
30 Gaia DR3 6431766714636858240 WD* 18 37 17.8739867616 -70 02 51.297195300           DA 9 0
31 GALEX J193018.8-520346 WD* 19 30 18.9574402632 -52 03 46.017025956           DA 7 0
32 GALEX J210150.6-054550 WD* 21 01 50.6565018792 -05 45 50.971852656           DA 20 0
33 2QZ J231720.2-290322 WD* 23 17 20.2891320768 -29 03 22.048030548   18.30 18.4     DA2.0 12 0
34 GALEX J232941.3+001108 WD* 23 29 41.3291151792 +00 11 07.803339648     18.58     DA 27 0
35 GALEX J235144.2+375542 WD* 23 51 44.2966437768 +37 55 42.727744668           DA 17 0

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