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        Binary White Dwarfs in the Supernova Ia Progenitor Survey

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        Napiwotzki, R.
        Karl, C.
        Nelemans, G.
        Yungelson, L.
        Christlieb, N.
        Drechsel, H.
        Heber, U.
        Homeier, D.
        Koester, D.
        Leibundgut, B.
        Marsh, T.R.
        Moehler, S.
        Renzini, A.
        Reimers, D.
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        2299/2141
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        We report results of a systematic radial velocity survey for double degenerate (DD) binaries as potential progenitors of type Ia supernovae: SPY (ESO Supernovae Ia Progenitor surveY). More than 1000 white dwarfs (WDs) and pre-white dwarfs were observed with the VLT. The aim of SPY is to perform a statistically significant test of the DD scenario. We give an overview of the project and follow-up results. The sample is used for two tests of the contempo- rary picture of close binary evolution leading to DDs. It is shown that the SPY observations of low mass He-core WDs (HeWDs) are inconsistent with the idea that they all reside in close binary systems. We carry out a model atmosphere analysis of WDs residing in double-lined binaries and estimate individual cooling ages. For a number of systems the younger (and hotter) component is the less massive one, as expected. However, for some systems the mass ratio is inverted.
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        2007
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        In: Procs of the 15th European Workshop on White Dwarfs - ASP Conf Series 372
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        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/2141
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