2009MNRAS.395.1795C -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 395, 1795-1804 (2009/June-1)
High-resolution optical spectroscopy of Praesepe white dwarfs.
CASEWELL S.L., DOBBIE P.D., NAPIWOTZKI R., BURLEIGH M.R., BARSTOW M.A. and JAMESON R.F.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the results of a high-resolution optical spectroscopic study of nine white dwarf candidate members of Praesepe undertaken with the VLT and Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph. We find, contrary to a number of previous studies, that WD0836+201 (LB390, EG59) and WD0837+199 (LB393, EG61) are magnetic and non-magnetic white dwarfs, respectively. Subsequently, we determine the radial velocities for the eight non-magnetic degenerates and provide compelling evidence that WD0837+185 is a radial velocity variable and possibly a double-degenerate system. We also find that our result for WD0837+218, in conjunction with its projected spatial location and position in initial mass-final mass space, argues it is more likely to be a field star than a cluster member. After eliminating these two white dwarfs, and WD0836+199 which has no clean Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometry, we use the remaining five stars to substantiate modern theoretical mass-radius relations for white dwarfs. In light of our new results, we re-examine the white dwarf members of Praesepe and use them to further constrain the initial mass-final mass relation (IFMR). We find a near-monotonic IFMR, which can still be adequately represented by simple linear function with only one outlier which may have formed from a blue straggler star.
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© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 RAS
Journal keyword(s):
white dwarfs - open clusters and associations: general
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