Brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs

Matt R. Burleigh; Paul R. Steele; Paul D. Dobbie; Jay Farihi; Ralf Napiwotzki; Pierre F. L. Maxted; Martin A. Barstow; Richard F. Jameson; Sarah L. Casewell; Boris T. Gaensicke; Tom R. Marsh

doi:10.1063/1.3556209

Brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs

Matt R. Burleigh
, Paul R. Steele
, Paul D. Dobbie
, Jay Farihi
, Ralf Napiwotzki
, Pierre F. L. Maxted
, Martin A. Barstow
, Richard F. Jameson
, Sarah L. Casewell
, Boris T. Gaensicke
, Tom R. Marsh

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Abstract

Brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs are rare, but recent infra-red surveys are slowly revealing examples. We present new observations of the post-common envelope binary WD0137-349, which reveals the effects of irradiation on the approximate to 0.05M(circle dot) secondary, and new observations of GD 1400 which show that it too is a close, post-common envelope system. We also present the latest results in a near-infrared photometric search for unresolved ultra-cool companions and to white dwarfs with UKIDSS. Twenty five DA white dwarfs were identified as having photometric excesses indicative of a low mass companion, with 8-10 of these having a predicted mass in the range associated with brown dwarfs. The results of this survey show that the unresolved (< 2 '') brown dwarf companion fraction to DA white dwarfs is 0.3 <= f(WD+BD) <= 1.3%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Planetary systems beyond the main sequence
Editors	S Schuh, H Drechsel, U Heber
Place of Publication	Meville
Publisher	American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Pages	262-270
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7354-0886-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3556209
Publication status	Published - 2011

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White Dwarfs
Brown Dwarfs
Binaries

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Burleigh, M. R., Steele, P. R., Dobbie, P. D., Farihi, J., Napiwotzki, R., Maxted, P. F. L., Barstow, M. A., Jameson, R. F., Casewell, S. L., Gaensicke, B. T., & Marsh, T. R. (2011). Brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs. In S. Schuh, H. Drechsel, & U. Heber (Eds.), Planetary systems beyond the main sequence (pp. 262-270). American Institute of Physics (AIP). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3556209

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Brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs

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