An eclipsing 47 min double white dwarf binary at 400 pc

Author:

Munday James12ORCID,Tremblay P-E1,Hermes J J3ORCID,Barlow Brad4,Pelisoli Ingrid1ORCID,Marsh T R1ORCID,Parsons Steven G5ORCID,Jones David678ORCID,Kepler S O9ORCID,Brown Alex5ORCID,Littlefair S P5ORCID,Hegedus R10,Baran Andrzej1112ORCID,Breedt Elmé13ORCID,Dhillon V S56ORCID,Dyer Martin J5ORCID,Green Matthew J14ORCID,Kennedy Mark R1516ORCID,Kerry Paul5,Lopez Isaac D17,Romero Alejandra D9,Sahman Dave5,Worters Hannah L18

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL , UK

2. Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes , Apartado de Correos 368, E-38700 Santa Cruz de La Palma , Spain

3. Department of Astronomy & Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University , 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 , USA

4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, High Point University , High Point, NC 27268 , USA

5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield , Sheffield S3 7RH , UK

6. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias , E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife , Spain

7. Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna , E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife , Spain

8. Nordic Optical Telescope , Rambla José Ana Fernández Pérez 7, E-38711 Breña Baja , Spain

9. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto-Alegre, RS 91501-900 , Brazil

10. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, NC 27599 , USA

11. Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw , Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, PL-00-478 Warszawa , Poland

12. Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, Missouri State University , Springfield, MO 65897 , USA

13. Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA , UK

14. Department of Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel

15. School of Physics, University College Cork , Cork, T12 ND89   Ireland

16. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , UK

17. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University , Ames, IA 50011 , USA

18. South African Astronomical Observatory , PO Box 9, Observatory 7935, Cape Town , South Africa

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present the discovery of the eclipsing double white dwarf (WD) binary WDJ 022558.21−692025.38 that has an orbital period of 47.19 min. Following identification with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, we obtained time series ground based spectroscopy and high-speed multiband ULTRACAM photometry which indicate a primary DA WD of mass $0.40\pm 0.04\, \text{M}_\odot$ and a $0.28\pm 0.02\, \text{M}_\odot$ mass secondary WD, which is likely of type DA as well. The system becomes the third-closest eclipsing double WD binary discovered with a distance of approximately 400 pc and will be a detectable source for upcoming gravitational wave detectors in the mHz frequency range. Its orbital decay will be measurable photometrically within 10 yr to a precision of better than 1 per cent. The fate of the binary is to merge in approximately 41 Myr, likely forming a single, more massive WD.

Funder

Science and Technology Facilities Council

NASA

European Research Council

National Science Foundation

National Science Centre

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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