The 40 pc sample of white dwarfs from Gaia
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.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- January 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/stad3773
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2312.02735
- Bibcode:
- 2024MNRAS.527.8687O
- Keywords:
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- stars: statistics;
- white dwarfs;
- solar neighbourhood;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 24 pages, 25 figures