Are All Dwarf Carbon Stars Binary?

Lead Research Organisation: University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy

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Publications

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Gänsicke B (2016) HIGH-SPEED PHOTOMETRY OF THE DISINTEGRATING PLANETESIMALS AT WD1145+017: EVIDENCE FOR RAPID DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION in The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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Hermes J (2014) Heavy metals in a light white dwarf: abundances of the metal-rich, extremely low-mass GALEX J1717+6757 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Koester D (2014) The frequency of planetary debris around young white dwarfs in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Raddi R (2015) Likely detection of water-rich asteroid debris in a metal-polluted white dwarf in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Whitehouse L (2021) Carbon-enhanced stars with short orbital and spin periods in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Whitehouse L (2018) Dwarf carbon stars are likely metal-poor binaries and unlikely hosts to carbon planets in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Wyatt M (2014) Stochastic accretion of planetesimals on to white dwarfs: constraints on the mass distribution of accreted material from atmospheric pollution in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society