Circumstellar debris and pollution at white dwarf stars

J Farihi - New Astronomy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Circumstellar disks of planetary debris are now known or suspected to closely orbit
hundreds of white dwarf stars. To date, both data and theory support disks that are entirely …

A Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of white dwarfs and a comparison with SDSS

NP Gentile Fusillo, PE Tremblay… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present a catalogue of white dwarf candidates selected from the second data release of
Gaia (DR2). We used a sample of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from the Sloan …

The link between planetary systems, dusty white dwarfs, and metal-polluted white dwarfs

JH Debes, KJ Walsh, C Stark - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
It has long been suspected that metal-polluted white dwarfs (types DAZ, DBZ, and DZ) and
white dwarfs with dusty disks possess planetary systems, but a specific physical mechanism …

Foretellings of Ragnarök: world-engulfing asymptotic giants and the inheritance of white dwarfs

AJ Mustill, E Villaver - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The search for planets around white dwarf stars, and evidence for dynamical instability
around them in the form of atmospheric pollution and circumstellar disks, raises questions …

High-resolution spectroscopy of extremely metal-poor stars from SDSS/SEGUE. I. Atmospheric parameters and chemical compositions

W Aoki, TC Beers, YS Lee, S Honda, H Ito… - The Astronomical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Chemical compositions are determined based on high-resolution spectroscopy for 137
candidate extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey …

The unbiased frequency of planetary signatures around single and binary white dwarfs using Spitzer and Hubble

TG Wilson, J Farihi, BT Gänsicke… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents combined Spitzer IRAC and Hubble COS results for a double-blind
survey of 195 single and 22 wide binary white dwarfs for infrared excesses and atmospheric …

Simulations of two-planet systems through all phases of stellar evolution: implications for the instability boundary and white dwarf pollution

D Veras, AJ Mustill, A Bonsor… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Exoplanets have been observed at many stages of their host star's life, including the main-
sequence (MS), subgiant and red giant branch stages. Also, polluted white dwarfs (WDs) …

The frequency and infrared brightness of circumstellar discs at white dwarfs

M Rocchetto, J Farihi, BT Gänsicke… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
White dwarfs whose atmospheres are polluted by terrestrial-like planetary debris have
become a powerful and unique tool to study evolved planetary systems. This paper presents …

Doppler imaging of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J122859. 93+ 104032.9

CJ Manser, BT Gänsicke, TR Marsh… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Debris discs which orbit white dwarfs are signatures of remnant planetary systems. We
present 12 yr of optical spectroscopy of the metal-polluted white dwarf SDSS J1228+ 1040 …

Long-term evolution of three-planet systems to the post-main sequence and beyond

AJ Mustill, D Veras, E Villaver - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We study the stability of systems of three giant planets orbiting 3–8 M⊙ stars at orbital
distances of> 10 au as the host star ages through the main sequence (MS) and well into the …