GASEOUS MATERIAL ORBITING THE POLLUTED, DUSTY WHITE DWARF HE 1349-2305

We present new spectroscopic observations of the polluted, dusty, helium-dominated atmosphere white dwarf star HE 1349-2305. Optical spectroscopy reveals weak Ca II infrared triplet emission indicating that metallic gas debris orbits and is accreted by the white dwarf. Atmospheric abundances are mea...

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Main Authors: Melis, Carl (Author), Dufour, P. (Author), Farihi, J. (Author), Bochanski, John J. (Author), Burgasser, Adam J. (Contributor), Parsons, S. G. (Author), Gansicke, Boris T. (Author), Koester, D. (Author), Swift, Brandon J. (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society, 2015-02-27T15:01:03Z.
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520 |a We present new spectroscopic observations of the polluted, dusty, helium-dominated atmosphere white dwarf star HE 1349-2305. Optical spectroscopy reveals weak Ca II infrared triplet emission indicating that metallic gas debris orbits and is accreted by the white dwarf. Atmospheric abundances are measured for magnesium and silicon while upper limits for iron and oxygen are derived from the available optical spectroscopy. HE 1349-2305 is the first gas disk-hosting white dwarf star identified among previously known polluted white dwarfs. Further characterization of the parent body polluting this star will require ultraviolet spectroscopy. 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Award No. AST-1003318) 
520 |a Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ postdoctoral fellow) 
520 |a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada 
520 |a Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies (Fund FQRNT Québec) 
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