Browsing by Author "Burleigh, Matt R."

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    • Brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs 

      Burleigh, Matt R.; Steele, Paul R.; Dobbie, Paul D.; Farihi, Jay; Napiwotzki, Ralf; Maxted, Pierre F. L.; Barstow, Martin A.; Jameson, Richard F.; Casewell, Sarah L.; Gaensicke, Boris T.; Marsh, Tom R. (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2011)
      Brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs are rare, but recent infra-red surveys are slowly revealing examples. We present new observations of the post-common envelope binary WD0137-349, which reveals the effects of irradiation ...

    • Evolved solar systems in Praesepe 

      Casewell, Sarah L.; Burleigh, Matt R.; Dobbie, Paul D.; Napiwotzki, Ralf (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2011)
      We have obtained near-IR photometry for the 11 Praesepe white dwarfs, to search for an excess indicative of a dusty debris disk. All the white dwarfs are in the DAZ temperature regime, however we find no indications of a ...