White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra

Autores
DeGennaro, Steven; Von Hippel, Ted; Winget, D. E.; Kepler, S. O.; Nitta, Atsuko; Koester, Detlev; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Año de publicación
2008
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inglés
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versión publicada
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We present the first phase in our ongoing work to use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to create separate white dwarf (WD) luminosity functions (LFs) for two or more different mass ranges. In this paper, we determine the completeness of the SDSS spectroscopic WD sample by comparing a proper-motion selected sample of WDs from SDSS imaging data with a large catalog of spectroscopically determined WDs. We derive a selection probability as a function of a single color (g - i) and apparent magnitude (g) that covers the range -1.0 < g - i < 0.2 and 15 < g < 19.5. We address the observed upturn in log g for WDs with Teff≲ 12,000 K and offer arguments that the problem is limited to the line profiles and is not present in the continuum. We offer an empirical method of removing the upturn, recovering a reasonable mass function for WDs with Teff< 12,000 K. Finally, we present a WD LF with nearly an order of magnitude (3358) more spectroscopically confirmed WDs than any previous work.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
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Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: luminosity function, mass function
White dwarfs
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spelling White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectraDeGennaro, StevenVon Hippel, TedWinget, D. E.Kepler, S. O.Nitta, AtsukoKoester, DetlevAlthaus, Leandro GabrielCiencias AstronómicasStars: luminosity function, mass functionWhite dwarfsWe present the first phase in our ongoing work to use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to create separate white dwarf (WD) luminosity functions (LFs) for two or more different mass ranges. In this paper, we determine the completeness of the SDSS spectroscopic WD sample by comparing a proper-motion selected sample of WDs from SDSS imaging data with a large catalog of spectroscopically determined WDs. We derive a selection probability as a function of a single color (g - i) and apparent magnitude (g) that covers the range -1.0 < g - i < 0.2 and 15 < g < 19.5. We address the observed upturn in log g for WDs with T<SUB>eff</SUB>≲ 12,000 K and offer arguments that the problem is limited to the line profiles and is not present in the continuum. We offer an empirical method of removing the upturn, recovering a reasonable mass function for WDs with T<SUB>eff</SUB>< 12,000 K. Finally, we present a WD LF with nearly an order of magnitude (3358) more spectroscopically confirmed WDs than any previous work.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y GeofísicasInstituto de Astrofísica de La Plata2008info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf1-9http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/83461enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0004-6256info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:15:41Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/83461Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:15:41.988SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
title White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
spellingShingle White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
DeGennaro, Steven
Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: luminosity function, mass function
White dwarfs
title_short White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
title_full White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
title_fullStr White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
title_full_unstemmed White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
title_sort White dwarf luminosity and mass functions from sloan digital sky survey spectra
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv DeGennaro, Steven
Von Hippel, Ted
Winget, D. E.
Kepler, S. O.
Nitta, Atsuko
Koester, Detlev
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
author DeGennaro, Steven
author_facet DeGennaro, Steven
Von Hippel, Ted
Winget, D. E.
Kepler, S. O.
Nitta, Atsuko
Koester, Detlev
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
author_role author
author2 Von Hippel, Ted
Winget, D. E.
Kepler, S. O.
Nitta, Atsuko
Koester, Detlev
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: luminosity function, mass function
White dwarfs
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Stars: luminosity function, mass function
White dwarfs
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We present the first phase in our ongoing work to use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to create separate white dwarf (WD) luminosity functions (LFs) for two or more different mass ranges. In this paper, we determine the completeness of the SDSS spectroscopic WD sample by comparing a proper-motion selected sample of WDs from SDSS imaging data with a large catalog of spectroscopically determined WDs. We derive a selection probability as a function of a single color (g - i) and apparent magnitude (g) that covers the range -1.0 < g - i < 0.2 and 15 < g < 19.5. We address the observed upturn in log g for WDs with T<SUB>eff</SUB>≲ 12,000 K and offer arguments that the problem is limited to the line profiles and is not present in the continuum. We offer an empirical method of removing the upturn, recovering a reasonable mass function for WDs with T<SUB>eff</SUB>< 12,000 K. Finally, we present a WD LF with nearly an order of magnitude (3358) more spectroscopically confirmed WDs than any previous work.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
description We present the first phase in our ongoing work to use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to create separate white dwarf (WD) luminosity functions (LFs) for two or more different mass ranges. In this paper, we determine the completeness of the SDSS spectroscopic WD sample by comparing a proper-motion selected sample of WDs from SDSS imaging data with a large catalog of spectroscopically determined WDs. We derive a selection probability as a function of a single color (g - i) and apparent magnitude (g) that covers the range -1.0 < g - i < 0.2 and 15 < g < 19.5. We address the observed upturn in log g for WDs with T<SUB>eff</SUB>≲ 12,000 K and offer arguments that the problem is limited to the line profiles and is not present in the continuum. We offer an empirical method of removing the upturn, recovering a reasonable mass function for WDs with T<SUB>eff</SUB>< 12,000 K. Finally, we present a WD LF with nearly an order of magnitude (3358) more spectroscopically confirmed WDs than any previous work.
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