The first sub-70 minute non-interacting WD-BD system: EPIC212235321
@article{Casewell2018TheFS, title={The first sub-70 minute non-interacting WD-BD system: EPIC212235321}, author={S. L. Casewell and Ian P. Braker and Steven G. Parsons and J. J. Hermes and Matthew R. Burleigh and Claudia Belardi and Alexander Chaushev and Nicolle L. Finch and Manami Roy and Stuart P. Littlefair and M. R. Goad and Erik Dennihy}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2018}, volume={476}, pages={1405-1411} }
S.L. Casewell acknowledges support from the University of
Leicester Institute for Space and Earth Observation and I.P
Braker acknowledges support from the University of Leicester
College of Science and Engineering. S.G. Parsons acknowledges
the support of the Leverhulme Trust. Support
for this work was provided by NASA through Hubble Fellowship
grant HST-HF2-51357.001-A, awarded by the Space
Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association
of Universities for Research…
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