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SDSS J1240-01: A New AM CVn Candidate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2018

G. H. A. Roelofs ,
P. J. Groot ,
D. Steeghs  and
G. Nelemans
G. H. A. Roelofs
Affiliation:
Dep. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands (gijsroel@astro.kun.nl)
P. J. Groot
Affiliation:
Dep. of Astrophysics, Univ. of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands (gijsroel@astro.kun.nl)
D. Steeghs
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, CambridgeUSA
G. Nelemans
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

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A better understanding of the AM CVn population is crucial to constrain their candidacy as SN Ia progenitors, to test binary evolution (in particular the common-envelope phase), and to predict their observable gravitational radiation signature. An AM CVn dedicated search in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-DRl resulted in the discovery of SDSS J124058.03-015919.2, a new AM CVn candidate previously identified as a DB white dwarf in the 2dF quasar survey.

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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 194: Compact binaries in the galaxy and beyond , 2004 , pp. 254
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Copyright © Instituto de astronomia/revista mexicana de astronomίa y astrofίsica 2004

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