White Dwarfs Catalogue - Find Mass & Radius Data

[ORF]

Hi

I've solved numerically the equations for a white dwarf (ie, a Newtonian star in hydrostatic equilibrium, supposing the pressure is caused by relativistic electrons and the mass is provided by nuclei).

I would like to plot observed radius and mass for testing this model. Do you know if there is a catalogue with this experimental data of white dwarfs?

Thank you for your time :)

Greetings!

 

[mathman]

These may.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1941PASP...53..248K
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/star-catalog/mcksion.html

Google "white dwarf list".

 

[ORF]

Hello

Thanks for answering so quickly. I didn't find the radius of the WD in these web pages.

And thank you for your advice, but I googled during a whole day without results. The mass is easy to find, but the radius...

Greetings!

 

[Chronos]

Vizier has a catalogue from SDSS DR1 [2007] that might be helpful- http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-3?-source=J/A+A/466/627&-out.max=50&-out.form=HTML Table&-out.add=_r&-out.add=_RAJ,_DEJ&-sort=_r&-oc.form=sexa

 

[SteamKing]

Hi

I've solved numerically the equations for a white dwarf (ie, a Newtonian star in hydrostatic equilibrium, supposing the pressure is caused by relativistic electrons and the mass is provided by nuclei).

I would like to plot observed radius and mass for testing this model. Do you know if there is a catalogue with this experimental data of white dwarfs?

Thank you for your time :)

Greetings!

The relationship between the radius and the mass of a white dwarf is a simple one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf {See the section Mass–radius relationship and mass limit }

The paper cited here:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979ApJ...228..240S

compiles a table of the characteristics of over 100 WD stars. Part 2 of the paper contains a table of this data, and a pdf copy of the paper can be downloaded from a link contained in the abstract.

 

[ORF]

Hello!

Thank you both!

Vizier has a catalogue from SDSS DR1 [2007] that might be helpful- http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-3?-source=J/A+A/466/627&-out.max=50&-out.form=HTML Table&-out.add=_r&-out.add=_RAJ,_DEJ&-sort=_r&-oc.form=sexa

Wow, almost 1900 WD catalogue! :D

The paper cited here:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979ApJ...228..240S

compiles a table of the characteristics of over 100 WD stars. Part 2 of the paper contains a table of this data, and a pdf copy of the paper can be downloaded from a link contained in the abstract.

Thank you, it's a good reference and there is a lot of information! :D

Greetings!