Masses and radii of DA white dwarfs in SDSS DR1

DOI

We investigate the sample of 1175 new nonmagnetic DA white dwarfs with the effective temperatures T_eff_>=12000K, which were extracted from the Data Release 1 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We determined masses, radii, and bolometric luminosities of stars in the sample. The above parameters were derived from the effective temperatures T_eff_ and surface gravities logg published in the DR1, and the new theoretical M-R relations for carbon-core and oxygen-core white dwarfs. Mass distribution of white dwarfs in this sample exhibits the peak at M=0.562M_{sun}_ (carbon-core stars), and the tail towards higher masses. Both the shape of the mass distribution function and the empirical mass-radius relation are practically identical for white dwarfs with either pure carbon or pure oxygen cores.

Cone search capability for table J/A+A/419/L5/table1 (*Data assuming Carbon core + H envelope)

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.34199005
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/419/L5
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Provenance
Creator Madej J.; Nalezyty M.; Althaus L.G.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2019
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy