The 40 pc sample of white dwarfs from Gaia

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Authors
  • M.W. O'Brien
  • P.-E. Tremblay
  • B.L. Klein
  • D. Koester
  • C. Melis
  • A. Bédard
  • E. Cukanovaite
  • T. Cunningham
  • A.E. Doyle
  • B.T. Gänsicke
  • N.P. Gentile Fusillo
  • M.A. Hollands
  • J. McCleery
  • I. Pelisoli
  • S. Toonen
  • A.J. Weinberger
  • B. Zuckerman
Publication date 01-2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume | Issue number 527 | 3
Pages (from-to) 8687-8705
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
We present a comprehensive overview of a volume-complete sample of white dwarfs located within 40 pc of the Sun, a significant proportion of which were detected in Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3). Our DR3 sample contains 1076 spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs, with just five candidates within the volume remaining unconfirmed (> 99 per cent spectroscopic completeness). Additionally, 28 white dwarfs were not in our initial selection from Gaia DR3, most of which are in unresolved binaries. We use Gaia DR3 photometry and astrometry to determine a uniform set of white dwarf parameters, including mass, effective temperature, and cooling age. We assess the demographics of the 40 pc sample, specifically magnetic fields, binarity, space density, and mass distributions.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STAD3773
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