SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog

Autores
Kleinman, S. J.; Kepler, S. O.; Koester, D.; Pelisoli, Ingrid; Pecanha, Viviane; Nitta, A.; Costa, J. E. S.; Krzesinski, J.; Dufour, P.; Lachapelle, F. R.; Bergeron, P.; Yip, Ching Wa; Harris, Hugh C.; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Corsico, Alejandro Hugo
Año de publicación
2013
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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We present a new catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarf stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 spectroscopic catalog. We find 20,407 white dwarf spectra, representing 19,712 stars, and provide atmospheric model fits to 14,120 DA and 1011 DB white dwarf spectra from 12,843 and 923 stars, respectively. These numbers represent more than a factor of two increase in the total number of white dwarf stars from the previous SDSS white dwarf catalogs based on DR4 data. Our distribution of subtypes varies from previous catalogs due to our more conservative, manual classifications of each star in our catalog, supplementing our automatic fits. In particular, we find a large number of magnetic white dwarf stars whose small Zeeman splittings mimic increased Stark broadening that would otherwise result in an overestimated log g if fit as a non-magnetic white dwarf. We calculate mean DA and DB masses for our clean, non-magnetic sample and find the DB mean mass is statistically larger than that for the DAs.
Fil: Kleinman, S. J. . Gemini Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Kepler, S. O. . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Koester, D.. Universitat Kiel. Institut fur Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik; Alemania
Fil: Pelisoli, Ingrid . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Pecanha, Viviane . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Nitta, A.. Gemini Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Costa, J. E. S. . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Krzesinski, J.. Pedagogical University of Cracow. Mt. Suhora Observatory.; Polonia
Fil: Dufour, P.. University Of Montreal; Canadá
Fil: Lachapelle, F. R. . University Of Montreal; Canadá
Fil: Bergeron, P.. University Of Montreal; Canadá
Fil: Yip, Ching Wa. University Johns Hopkins; Estados Unidos
Fil: Harris, Hugh C.. United States Naval Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Eisenstein, Daniel J.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Corsico, Alejandro Hugo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina
Materia
Catalogs
Mass Function
White Dwarfs
Magnetic Fields
Luminosity Function
Stars
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spelling SDSS DR7 White Dwarf CatalogKleinman, S. J. Kepler, S. O. Koester, D.Pelisoli, Ingrid Pecanha, Viviane Nitta, A.Costa, J. E. S. Krzesinski, J.Dufour, P.Lachapelle, F. R. Bergeron, P.Yip, Ching WaHarris, Hugh C.Eisenstein, Daniel J.Althaus, Leandro GabrielCorsico, Alejandro HugoCatalogsMass FunctionWhite DwarfsMagnetic FieldsLuminosity FunctionStarshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We present a new catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarf stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 spectroscopic catalog. We find 20,407 white dwarf spectra, representing 19,712 stars, and provide atmospheric model fits to 14,120 DA and 1011 DB white dwarf spectra from 12,843 and 923 stars, respectively. These numbers represent more than a factor of two increase in the total number of white dwarf stars from the previous SDSS white dwarf catalogs based on DR4 data. Our distribution of subtypes varies from previous catalogs due to our more conservative, manual classifications of each star in our catalog, supplementing our automatic fits. In particular, we find a large number of magnetic white dwarf stars whose small Zeeman splittings mimic increased Stark broadening that would otherwise result in an overestimated log g if fit as a non-magnetic white dwarf. We calculate mean DA and DB masses for our clean, non-magnetic sample and find the DB mean mass is statistically larger than that for the DAs.Fil: Kleinman, S. J. . Gemini Observatory; Estados UnidosFil: Kepler, S. O. . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; BrasilFil: Koester, D.. Universitat Kiel. Institut fur Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik; AlemaniaFil: Pelisoli, Ingrid . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; BrasilFil: Pecanha, Viviane . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; BrasilFil: Nitta, A.. Gemini Observatory; Estados UnidosFil: Costa, J. E. S. . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; BrasilFil: Krzesinski, J.. Pedagogical University of Cracow. Mt. Suhora Observatory.; PoloniaFil: Dufour, P.. University Of Montreal; CanadáFil: Lachapelle, F. R. . University Of Montreal; CanadáFil: Bergeron, P.. University Of Montreal; CanadáFil: Yip, Ching Wa. University Johns Hopkins; Estados UnidosFil: Harris, Hugh C.. United States Naval Observatory; Estados UnidosFil: Eisenstein, Daniel J.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Corsico, Alejandro Hugo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; ArgentinaIop Publishing2013-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/8485Kleinman, S. J. ; Kepler, S. O. ; Koester, D.; Pelisoli, Ingrid ; Pecanha, Viviane ; et al.; SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog; Iop Publishing; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 204; 1; 1-2013; 5-190067-0049enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/0067-0049/204/1/5info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0067-0049/204/1/5/meta;jsessionid=89A3D7C94CE119D38907BD7A09D2BF41.c2.iopscience.cld.iop.orginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:03:15Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/8485instacron: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:34982025-10-22 11:03:16.127CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
title SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
spellingShingle SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
Kleinman, S. J.
Catalogs
Mass Function
White Dwarfs
Magnetic Fields
Luminosity Function
Stars
title_short SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
title_full SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
title_fullStr SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
title_full_unstemmed SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
title_sort SDSS DR7 White Dwarf Catalog
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kleinman, S. J.
Kepler, S. O.
Koester, D.
Pelisoli, Ingrid
Pecanha, Viviane
Nitta, A.
Costa, J. E. S.
Krzesinski, J.
Dufour, P.
Lachapelle, F. R.
Bergeron, P.
Yip, Ching Wa
Harris, Hugh C.
Eisenstein, Daniel J.
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Corsico, Alejandro Hugo
author Kleinman, S. J.
author_facet Kleinman, S. J.
Kepler, S. O.
Koester, D.
Pelisoli, Ingrid
Pecanha, Viviane
Nitta, A.
Costa, J. E. S.
Krzesinski, J.
Dufour, P.
Lachapelle, F. R.
Bergeron, P.
Yip, Ching Wa
Harris, Hugh C.
Eisenstein, Daniel J.
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Corsico, Alejandro Hugo
author_role author
author2 Kepler, S. O.
Koester, D.
Pelisoli, Ingrid
Pecanha, Viviane
Nitta, A.
Costa, J. E. S.
Krzesinski, J.
Dufour, P.
Lachapelle, F. R.
Bergeron, P.
Yip, Ching Wa
Harris, Hugh C.
Eisenstein, Daniel J.
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Corsico, Alejandro Hugo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Catalogs
Mass Function
White Dwarfs
Magnetic Fields
Luminosity Function
Stars
topic Catalogs
Mass Function
White Dwarfs
Magnetic Fields
Luminosity Function
Stars
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We present a new catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarf stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 spectroscopic catalog. We find 20,407 white dwarf spectra, representing 19,712 stars, and provide atmospheric model fits to 14,120 DA and 1011 DB white dwarf spectra from 12,843 and 923 stars, respectively. These numbers represent more than a factor of two increase in the total number of white dwarf stars from the previous SDSS white dwarf catalogs based on DR4 data. Our distribution of subtypes varies from previous catalogs due to our more conservative, manual classifications of each star in our catalog, supplementing our automatic fits. In particular, we find a large number of magnetic white dwarf stars whose small Zeeman splittings mimic increased Stark broadening that would otherwise result in an overestimated log g if fit as a non-magnetic white dwarf. We calculate mean DA and DB masses for our clean, non-magnetic sample and find the DB mean mass is statistically larger than that for the DAs.
Fil: Kleinman, S. J. . Gemini Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Kepler, S. O. . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Koester, D.. Universitat Kiel. Institut fur Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik; Alemania
Fil: Pelisoli, Ingrid . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Pecanha, Viviane . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Nitta, A.. Gemini Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Costa, J. E. S. . Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Krzesinski, J.. Pedagogical University of Cracow. Mt. Suhora Observatory.; Polonia
Fil: Dufour, P.. University Of Montreal; Canadá
Fil: Lachapelle, F. R. . University Of Montreal; Canadá
Fil: Bergeron, P.. University Of Montreal; Canadá
Fil: Yip, Ching Wa. University Johns Hopkins; Estados Unidos
Fil: Harris, Hugh C.. United States Naval Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Eisenstein, Daniel J.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Corsico, Alejandro Hugo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina
description We present a new catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarf stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 spectroscopic catalog. We find 20,407 white dwarf spectra, representing 19,712 stars, and provide atmospheric model fits to 14,120 DA and 1011 DB white dwarf spectra from 12,843 and 923 stars, respectively. These numbers represent more than a factor of two increase in the total number of white dwarf stars from the previous SDSS white dwarf catalogs based on DR4 data. Our distribution of subtypes varies from previous catalogs due to our more conservative, manual classifications of each star in our catalog, supplementing our automatic fits. In particular, we find a large number of magnetic white dwarf stars whose small Zeeman splittings mimic increased Stark broadening that would otherwise result in an overestimated log g if fit as a non-magnetic white dwarf. We calculate mean DA and DB masses for our clean, non-magnetic sample and find the DB mean mass is statistically larger than that for the DAs.
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