HST/COS UV spectroscopic survey of white dwarfs I Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Sahu S.
  2. Gansicke B.T.
  3. Tremblay P.-E.
  4. Koester D.
  5. Hermes J.J.,Wilson D.J.
  6. Toloza O.
  7. Hoskin M.J.
  8. Farihi J.
  9. Manser C.J.
  10. Redfield S.
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

White dwarf studies carry significant implications across multiple fields of astrophysics, including exoplanets, supernova explosions, and cosmological investigations. Thus, accurate determinations of their fundamental parameters (Teff and log g) are of utmost importance. While optical surveys have provided measurements for many white dwarfs, there is a lack of studies utilising ultraviolet (UV) data, particularly focusing on the warmer ones that predominantly emit in the UV range. Here, we present the medium-resolution far-UV spectroscopic survey of 311 DA white dwarfs obtained with Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) onboard Hubble Space Telescope confirming 49 photometric Gaia candidates. We used 3D extinction maps, parallaxes, and hydrogen atmosphere models to fit the spectra of the stars that lie in the range 12000<Teff<33000K, and 7<=logg<9.2. To assess the impact of input physics, we employed two mass-radius relations in the fitting and compared the results with previous studies. The comparisons suggest the COS Teff are systematically lower by 3 per cent on average than Balmer line fits while they differ by only 1.5 per cent from optical photometric studies. The mass distributions indicate that the COS masses are smaller by approximately 0.05M_{sun}_ and 0.02M_{sun}_ than Balmer lines and photometric masses, respectively. Performing several tests, we find that the discrepancies are either arising due to issues with the COS calibration, broadening theories for hydrogen lines, or interstellar reddening which needs further examination. Based on comparative analysis, we identify 30 binary candidates drawing attention for follow-up studies to confirm their nature.

Keywords
  1. surveys
  2. white-dwarf-stars
  3. spectroscopy
  4. ultraviolet-astronomy
  5. effective-temperature
  6. stellar-masses
  7. stellar-ages
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2023MNRAS.526.5800S
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2023-11-20T12:22:32Z
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