DISCOVERY OF TWO NEW THERMALLY BLOATED LOW-MASS WHITE DWARFS AMONG THE KEPLER BINARIES

DISCOVERY OF TWO NEW THERMALLY BLOATED LOW-MASS WHITE DWARFS AMONG THE KEPLER BINARIES

We report the discovery of two new low-mass, thermally bloated, hot white dwarfs among the Kepler sample of eclipsing binaries. These are KIC 9164561 and KIC 10727668 with orbital periods of 1.2670 and 2.3058 days, respectively. The current primary in both systems is an A star of about 2 M[subscript...

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Main Authors: Nelson, L. (Author), Gandolfi, D. (Author), Nowak, G. (Author), Palle, E. (Author), Prsa, A. (Author), Sanchis Ojeda, Roberto (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A (Author), Levine, Alan M (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A. (Contributor), Levine, Alan M. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-05-26T20:23:14Z.
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