Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs

Autores
Cojocaru, Ruxandra; Torres, Santiago; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Isern, Jordi; García Berro, Enrique
Año de publicación
2015
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White dwarfs are the fossils left by the evolution of low-andintermediate-mass stars, and have very long evolutionary timescales.This allows us to use them to explore the properties of old populations,like the Galactic halo. We present a population synthesis study of theluminosity function of halo white dwarfs, aimed at investigating whichinformation can be derived from the currently available observed data.We employ an up-to-date population synthesis code based on Monte Carlotechniques, that incorporates the most recent and reliable coolingsequences for metal poor progenitors as well as an accurate modeling ofthe observational biases. We find that because the observed sample ofhalo white dwarfs is restricted to the brightest stars only the hotbranch of the white dwarf luminosity function can be used for suchpurposes, and that its shape function is almost insensitive to the mostrelevant inputs, like the adopted cooling sequences, the initial massfunction, the density profile of the stellar spheroid, or the adoptedfraction of unresolved binaries. Moreover, since the cut-off of theobserved luminosity has not been yet determined only lower limits to theage of the halo population can be placed. We conclude that the currentobserved sample of the halo white dwarf population is still too small toobtain definite conclusions about the properties of the stellar halo,and the recently computed white dwarf cooling sequences whichincorporate residual hydrogen burning should be assessed usingmetal-poor globular clusters.
Fil: Cojocaru, Ruxandra. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
Fil: Torres, Santiago. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Isern, Jordi. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
Fil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
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White dwarfs
Stellar populations
Abundances
Evolution of galaxies
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spelling Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfsCojocaru, RuxandraTorres, SantiagoAlthaus, Leandro GabrielIsern, JordiGarcía Berro, EnriqueWhite dwarfsStellar populationsAbundancesEvolution of galaxieshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1White dwarfs are the fossils left by the evolution of low-andintermediate-mass stars, and have very long evolutionary timescales.This allows us to use them to explore the properties of old populations,like the Galactic halo. We present a population synthesis study of theluminosity function of halo white dwarfs, aimed at investigating whichinformation can be derived from the currently available observed data.We employ an up-to-date population synthesis code based on Monte Carlotechniques, that incorporates the most recent and reliable coolingsequences for metal poor progenitors as well as an accurate modeling ofthe observational biases. We find that because the observed sample ofhalo white dwarfs is restricted to the brightest stars only the hotbranch of the white dwarf luminosity function can be used for suchpurposes, and that its shape function is almost insensitive to the mostrelevant inputs, like the adopted cooling sequences, the initial massfunction, the density profile of the stellar spheroid, or the adoptedfraction of unresolved binaries. Moreover, since the cut-off of theobserved luminosity has not been yet determined only lower limits to theage of the halo population can be placed. We conclude that the currentobserved sample of the halo white dwarf population is still too small toobtain definite conclusions about the properties of the stellar halo,and the recently computed white dwarf cooling sequences whichincorporate residual hydrogen burning should be assessed usingmetal-poor globular clusters.Fil: Cojocaru, Ruxandra. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; EspañaFil: Torres, Santiago. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; EspañaFil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaFil: Isern, Jordi. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; EspañaFil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; EspañaEdp Sciences2015-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/10750Cojocaru, Ruxandra; Torres, Santiago; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Isern, Jordi; García Berro, Enrique; Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs; Edp Sciences; Astronomy And Astrophysics; 9-20150004-6361enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361/201526550info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2015/09/aa26550-15/aa26550-15.htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:39:02Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/10750instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:39:02.587CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
title Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
spellingShingle Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
Cojocaru, Ruxandra
White dwarfs
Stellar populations
Abundances
Evolution of galaxies
title_short Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
title_full Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
title_fullStr Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
title_sort Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cojocaru, Ruxandra
Torres, Santiago
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Isern, Jordi
García Berro, Enrique
author Cojocaru, Ruxandra
author_facet Cojocaru, Ruxandra
Torres, Santiago
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Isern, Jordi
García Berro, Enrique
author_role author
author2 Torres, Santiago
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Isern, Jordi
García Berro, Enrique
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv White dwarfs
Stellar populations
Abundances
Evolution of galaxies
topic White dwarfs
Stellar populations
Abundances
Evolution of galaxies
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv White dwarfs are the fossils left by the evolution of low-andintermediate-mass stars, and have very long evolutionary timescales.This allows us to use them to explore the properties of old populations,like the Galactic halo. We present a population synthesis study of theluminosity function of halo white dwarfs, aimed at investigating whichinformation can be derived from the currently available observed data.We employ an up-to-date population synthesis code based on Monte Carlotechniques, that incorporates the most recent and reliable coolingsequences for metal poor progenitors as well as an accurate modeling ofthe observational biases. We find that because the observed sample ofhalo white dwarfs is restricted to the brightest stars only the hotbranch of the white dwarf luminosity function can be used for suchpurposes, and that its shape function is almost insensitive to the mostrelevant inputs, like the adopted cooling sequences, the initial massfunction, the density profile of the stellar spheroid, or the adoptedfraction of unresolved binaries. Moreover, since the cut-off of theobserved luminosity has not been yet determined only lower limits to theage of the halo population can be placed. We conclude that the currentobserved sample of the halo white dwarf population is still too small toobtain definite conclusions about the properties of the stellar halo,and the recently computed white dwarf cooling sequences whichincorporate residual hydrogen burning should be assessed usingmetal-poor globular clusters.
Fil: Cojocaru, Ruxandra. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
Fil: Torres, Santiago. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Isern, Jordi. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
Fil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; España. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia; España
description White dwarfs are the fossils left by the evolution of low-andintermediate-mass stars, and have very long evolutionary timescales.This allows us to use them to explore the properties of old populations,like the Galactic halo. We present a population synthesis study of theluminosity function of halo white dwarfs, aimed at investigating whichinformation can be derived from the currently available observed data.We employ an up-to-date population synthesis code based on Monte Carlotechniques, that incorporates the most recent and reliable coolingsequences for metal poor progenitors as well as an accurate modeling ofthe observational biases. We find that because the observed sample ofhalo white dwarfs is restricted to the brightest stars only the hotbranch of the white dwarf luminosity function can be used for suchpurposes, and that its shape function is almost insensitive to the mostrelevant inputs, like the adopted cooling sequences, the initial massfunction, the density profile of the stellar spheroid, or the adoptedfraction of unresolved binaries. Moreover, since the cut-off of theobserved luminosity has not been yet determined only lower limits to theage of the halo population can be placed. We conclude that the currentobserved sample of the halo white dwarf population is still too small toobtain definite conclusions about the properties of the stellar halo,and the recently computed white dwarf cooling sequences whichincorporate residual hydrogen burning should be assessed usingmetal-poor globular clusters.
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0004-6361
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