Bibcode
Pyrzas, S.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Marsh, T. R.; Aungwerojwit, A.; Rebassa-Mansergas, A.; Southworth, J.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Schreiber, M. R.; Koester, D.
Bibliographical reference
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 172, Issue 1, pp. 012028 (2009).
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2009
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2
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Description
We identify SDSS 0110+1326, SDSS 0303+0054 and SDSS 1435+3733 as three
eclipsing white dwarf plus main sequence binaries from the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey, and report on their follow-up observations. Orbital periods
for the three systems are established through multi-season photometry.
Time-resolved spectroscopic observations lead to the determination of
the radial velocities of the secondary stars. A decomposition technique
of the SDSS spectra is used to estimate the surface gravities and
effective temperatures of the white dwarfs, as well as the spectral
types of the secondaries. By combining the constraints from the spectral
decomposition, the radial velocity data and the modeling of the systems'
light curves, we determine the physical parameters of the stellar
components. Two of the white dwarfs are of low mass (Mwd ~
0.4 Modot), while the third white dwarf is unusually massive
(MWD ~ 0.8-0.9 Modot) for a post-common envelope
system.