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Double White Dwarf Binaries in SDSS-V DR19: A Catalog of DA White Dwarf Binaries and Constraints on the Binary Population

  • Authors: Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Vedant Chandra, Nadia L. Zakamska, Nicole R. Crumpler, Stefan M. Arseneau, Kareem El-Badry, Boris T. Gänsicke, Yossef Zenati, J.J. Hermes, Axel D. Schwope, Carles Badenes, Nicola Pietro Gentile Fusillo, Sean Morrison, Tim Cunningham, Priyanka Chakraborty, Gagik Tovmasian, Dmitry Bizyaev, Kaike Pan, Scott F. Anderson, Sebastian Demasi

Gautham Adamane Pallathadka et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1002 .

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Caption: Figure 6.

Comparison of the observed and simulated populations for the low-mass WD binary fraction of 7.5%. Top panel: the distribution of η (black) along with the best-fit model (red). The grayed-out region corresponds to η < 3, and the dashed lines correspond to the η distribution due to normally distributed RV errors with no binaries. The model agrees well with the data, despite the best fit being calculated using the ﹩{\rm{\Delta }}{{\rm{RV}}}_{{\rm{\max }}}﹩ distribution. Bottom panel: ﹩{\rm{\Delta }}{{\rm{RV}}}_{{\rm{\max }}}﹩ distribution (black) along with the best-fit model (red) for WDs with η > 3. The grayed-out region corresponds to ﹩{\rm{\Delta }}{{\rm{RV}}}_{{\rm{\max }}}\lt 100﹩ km s−1 and is not included in the fit, and the dashed lines correspond to the ﹩{\rm{\Delta }}{{\rm{RV}}}_{{\rm{\max }}}﹩ distribution due to normally distributed RV errors with no binaries. We find good agreement between the observed distribution and the model, even for data points not included in the fit.

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