• DOI:10.1093/mnras/stx2141
Corpus ID: 55764122

The critical binary star separation for a planetary system origin of white dwarf pollution

@article{Veras2017TheCB,
  title={The critical binary star separation for a planetary system origin of white dwarf pollution},
  author={D. Veras and S. Xu and A. Rebassa-Mansergas},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2017},
  volume={473},
  pages={2871-2880}
}

D. Veras, S. Xu, A. Rebassa-Mansergas

Published 2017

Physics

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The atmospheres of between one quarter and one half of observed single white dwarfs in the Milky Way contain heavy element pollution from planetary debris. The pollution observed in white dwarfs in binary star systems is, however, less clear, because companion star winds can generate a stream of matter which is accreted by the white dwarf. Here, we (i) discuss the necessity or lack thereof of a major planet in order to pollute a white dwarf with orbiting minor planets in both single and binary… CONTINUE READING

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