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| DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/AC1354 | ||||
| Año | 2021 | ||||
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Infrared excesses around white dwarf stars indicate the presence of various astrophysical objects of interest, including companions and debris disks. In this second paper of a series, we present follow-up observations of infrared excess candidates from Gaia and unWISE discussed in the first paper, Paper I. We report space-based infrared photometry at 3.6 and 4.5 micron for 174 white dwarfs from the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based near-infrared J, H, and K photometry of 235 white dwarfs from Gemini Observatory with significant overlap between Spitzer and Gemini observations. These data are used to confirm or rule out the observed unWISE infrared excess. From the unWISE-selected candidate sample, the most promising infrared excess sample comes from both color and flux excess, which has a Spitzer confirmation rate of 95%. We also discuss a method to distinguish infrared excess caused by stellar or sub-stellar companions from potential dust disks. In total, we confirm the infrared excess around 62 white dwarfs, 10 of which are likely to be stellar companions. The remaining 52 bright white dwarfs with infrared excess beyond two microns has the potential to double the known sample of white dwarfs with dusty exoplanetary debris disks. Follow-up high-resolution spectroscopic studies of a fraction of confirmed excess white dwarfs in this sample have discovered emission from gaseous dust disks. Additional investigations will be able to expand the parameter space from which dust disks around white dwarfs are found.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Lai, S. | Hombre |
Gemini Observatory - Estados Unidos
The Australian National University - Australia NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos Australian Natl Univ - Australia |
| 2 | Dennihy, E. | Hombre |
Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center - Chile
NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos NSFs NOIRLab - Chile |
| 3 | Xu, Siyi | - |
Gemini Observatory - Estados Unidos
NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos |
| 4 | Nitta, Atsuko | - |
Gemini Observatory - Estados Unidos
NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos |
| 5 | Baran, Andrzej S. | Hombre |
Gemini Observatory - Estados Unidos
NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos |
| 5 | Kleinman, Scot | Hombre |
Gemini Observatory - Estados Unidos
NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos |
| 6 | Leggett, S. K. | - |
Gemini Observatory - Estados Unidos
NSFs NOIRLab - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | Bonsor, Amy | - |
Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido |
| 8 | Hodgkin, S. T. | Hombre |
Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido |
| 9 | Rebassa-Mansergas, A. | Hombre |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - España
Instituto de Estudios Espaciales de Cataluña - España Univ Politecn Cataluna - España Inst Space Studies Catalonia - España |
| 10 | Rogers, Laura K. | Mujer |
Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido |
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| MINECO |
| NASA |
| STFC |
| AGAUR grant |
| MINECO under the Ramon y Cajal program |
| Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge |
| Agradecimiento |
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| A.R.M. acknowledges financial support from the MINECO under the Ramon y Cajal program (RYC-2016-20254), the MINECO grant AYA2017-86274-P and the AGAUR grant SGR-661/2017. L.K.R. is grateful to STFC and the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge for funding her PhD studentship. |
| A.R.M. acknowledges financial support from the MINECO under the Ramon y Cajal program (RYC-2016-20254), the MINECO grant AYA2017-86274-P and the AGAUR grant SGR-661/2017. L.K.R. is grateful to STFC and the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge for funding her PhD studentship. |