A catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from the sloan digital sky survey data release 4

Daniel J. Eisenstein; James Liebert; Hugh C. Harris; S. J. Kleinman; Atsuko Nitta; Nicole Silvestri; Scott A. Anderson; J. C. Barentine; Howard J. Brewington; J. Brinkmann; Michael Harvanek; Jurek Krzesiński; Eric H. Neilsen; Dan Long; Donald P. Schneider; Stephanie A. Snedden

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A catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from the sloan digital sky survey data release 4

Daniel J. Eisenstein, James Liebert, Hugh C. Harris, S. J. Kleinman, Atsuko Nitta, Nicole Silvestri, Scott A. Anderson, J. C. Barentine, Howard J. Brewington, J. Brinkmann, Michael Harvanek, Jurek Krzesiński, Eric H. Neilsen, Dan Long, Donald P. Schneider, Stephanie A. Snedden

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We present a catalog of 9316 spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4. We have selected the stars through photometric cuts and spectroscopic modeling, backed up by a set of visual inspections. About 6000 of the stars are new discoveries, roughly doubling the number of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs. We analyze the stars by performing temperature and surface gravity fits to grids of pure hydrogen and helium atmospheres. Among the rare outliers are a set of presumed helium-core DA white dwarfs with estimated masses below 0.3 M_⊙, including two candidates that may be the lowest-mass yet found. We also present a list of 928 hot subdwarfs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	40-58
Number of pages	19
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	167
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/507110
State	Published - Nov 2006

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Eisenstein, D. J., Liebert, J., Harris, H. C., Kleinman, S. J., Nitta, A., Silvestri, N., Anderson, S. A., Barentine, J. C., Brewington, H. J., Brinkmann, J., Harvanek, M., Krzesiński, J., Neilsen, E. H., Long, D., Schneider, D. P., & Snedden, S. A. (2006). A catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from the sloan digital sky survey data release 4. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 167(1), 40-58. https://doi.org/10.1086/507110

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