The fastest stars in the Galaxy

The fastest stars in the Galaxy

We report a spectroscopic search for hypervelocity white dwarfs (WDs) that are runaways from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and related thermonuclear explosions. Candidates are selected from Gaia data with high tangential velocities and blue colors. We find six new runaways, including four stars with r...

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Main Authors: Kareem El-Badry, Ken J. Shen, Vedant Chandra, Evan B. Bauer, Jim Fuller, Jay Strader, Laura Chomiuk, Rohan P. Naidu, Ilaria Caiazzo, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Pranav Nagarajan, Natsuko Yamaguchi, Zachary P. Vanderbosch, Benjamin R. Roulston, Jan van Roestel, Boris Gänsicke, Jiwon Jesse Han, Kevin B. Burdge, Alexei V. Filippenko, Thomas G. Brink, WeiKang Zheng
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Language:English
Published: Maynooth Academic Publishing 2023-07-01
Series:The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.21105/astro.2306.03914
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