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The Search for Close Binary Evolved Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Rex A. Saffer  and
James Liebert
Rex A. Saffer
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
James Liebert
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona

Abstract

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We report on a search for short-period binary systems composed of pairs of evolved stars. The search is being carried out concurrently with a program to characterize the kinematical properties of two different samples of stars. Each sample has produced one close binary candidate for which further spectroscopic observations are planned. We also recapitulate the discovery of a close detached binary system composed of two cool DA white dwarfs, and we discuss the null results of Hα observations of the suspected white dwarf/brown dwarf system G 29–38.

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Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 114: White Dwarfs , 1989 , pp. 408 - 412
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Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

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