MG14 - Talk detail |
Participant |
Brown, Warren | |||||||
Institution |
Smithsonian Institution - 60 Garden St - Cambridge - MA - USA | |||||||
Session |
WD1-3 |
Accepted |
Yes |
Order |
6P |
Time |
17:00 | 30' |
Talk |
Oral abstract |
Title |
Observed Merger Rate of White Dwarf Binaries | |||||
Coauthors | M. Kilic | |||||||
Abstract |
The strongest known gravitational wave sources in the mHz regime are double degenerate binaries containing extremely low mass <0.3 Msun white dwarfs (WDs). Such objects only form in ultra-compact binaries, and in the last few years we have published over 80 low mass WD binaries from our targeted ELM Survey. The shortest orbital period systems will contact in 1 million yr. In this talk I will present the observed merger rate of low mass WD binaries, and compare this rate with possible end products such as under-luminous supernovae. |
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Session |
WD1-3 |
Accepted |
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Order |
Time |
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Talk |
Oral abstract |
Title |
Observed Merger Rate of White Dwarf Binaries | |||||
Coauthors | Kilic, Mukremin | |||||||
Abstract |
The strongest known gravitational wave sources in the mHz regime are double degenerate binaries containing extremely low mass <0.3 Msun white dwarfs (WDs). Such objects only form in ultra-compact binaries, and in the last few years we have published over 80 such binaries from our targeted ELM Survey. The shortest orbital period systems will contact in 1 million yr. In this talk I will present the inferred merger rate of these WD binaries, and compare this rate with possible end products such as under-luminous supernovae. |
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