Publications
(Publications from my research group - postdocs and students - in bold)
A) Refereed Publications
112. Cooper, W. J., Jones, H. R. A., Smart, R. L. et al. (2024) The Gaia Ultra Cool Dwarf Sample – IV. GTC/OSIRIS optical spectra of Gaia L dwarfs. MNRAS, submitted.
111. Tremblay P.-E., Bédard A., O'Brien M. W. et al. (2024) The Gaia white dwarf revolution. New Astronomy Reviews, submitted.
110. O'Brien, M., Tremblay, P.-E., Klein, B. et al. (2024) A Volume-Limited Spectroscopic Sample of White Dwarfs within 40 parsecs of the Sun. MNRAS, 527, 8687.
109. Cunningham, T., Tremblay, P.-E., & O'Brien, M. (2024) Initial-final mass relation from white dwarfs within 40 pc. MNRAS, 527, 3602.
108. Rogers, L. K., Debes, J., Anslow, R. J. et al. (2024) WD0141-675: A case study on how to follow-up astrometric planet candidates around white dwarfs. MNRAS, 527, 977.
107. Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Maldonado, J., Raddi, R. et al. (2013) Main sequence companions to white dwarfs II: the age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs. MNRAS, 526, 4787.
106. Sahu, S., Gänsicke, B. T., Tremblay, P.-E. et al. (2023) A HST COS ultra-violet spectroscopic survey of 308 DA white dwarfs. I. Fundamental parameters and comparative studies. MNRAS, 526, 5800.
105. Munday, J., Tremblay, P.-E., Hermes, J. J. (2023) An Eclipsing 47 minute Double White Dwarf Binary at 400 pc. MNRAS, 525, 1814.
104. Blouin, S., Kilic, M., Bédard, A. & Tremblay, P.-E. (2023) The ubiquity of carbon dredge-up in hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs as revealed by GALEX. MNRAS Letters, 525, L112.
103. Caiazzo, I., Burdge, K. B., Tremblay, P.-E. et al. (2023) A rotating white dwarf shows different compositions on its opposite faces. Nature, 620, 61.
102. Elms, A., Tremblay, P.-E., Gänsicke, B. T. et al. (2023) An emerging and enigmatic spectral class of isolated DAe white dwarfs. MNRAS, 524, 4996.
101. Blouin, S., Bédard, A. & Tremblay, P.-E. (2023) Carbon dredge-up required to explain the Gaia white dwarf colour-magnitude bifurcation. MNRAS, 523, 3363.
100. Cukanovaite, E., Tremblay, P.-E., Toonen, S. et al. (2023) Local stellar formation history from the 40 pc white dwarf sample. MNRAS, 522, 1643.
99. López-Sanjuan, C., Vazquez Ramió H., Xiao, K. et al. (2023). J-PLUS: Towards an homogeneous photometric calibration using Gaia BP/RP low-resolution spectra. Submitted to A&A.
98. Izquierdo, P., Gänsicke, B. T., Ródriguez-Gil, P. et al., (2023) Systematic uncertainties in the characterization of helium-dominated metal-polluted white dwarf atmospheres. MNRAS, 520, 2843.
97. O'Brien M., Tremblay, P.-E., Gentile Fusillo, N. et al. (2023) Gaia white dwarfs within 40 pc III: spectroscopic observations of new candidates in the southern hemisphere. MNRAS, 518, 3055.
96. Elms, A. K., Tremblay P.-E., Gänsicke B. T. et al. (2022) Spectral analysis of ultra-cool white dwarfs polluted by planetary debris. MNRAS, 517, 4557.
95. Saumon, D., Blouin, S., Tremblay, P.-E. (2022) Current challenges in the physics of white dwarf stars. Physics Reports, 988, 1.
94. López-Sanjuan, C., Tremblay, P.-E., Ederoclite, A. (2022) The miniJPAS survey: White dwarf science with 56 optical filters. A&A, 665, A151.
93. Richer, H. B., Cohen, R. E., Heyl, J. et al. (2022) When Do Stars Go Boom? ApJL, 931, 2, L20.
92. Kowalski, A. F., Allred, J. C., Carlsson, M. et al. (2022) The Atmospheric Response to High Nonthermal Electron Beam Fluxes in Solar Flares. II. Hydrogen Broadening Predictions for Solar Flare Observations with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. ApJ, 928, 190.
91. Miller, D., Caiazzo, I., Heyl, J. et al. (2022) The Ultramassive White Dwarfs of the Alpha Persei Cluster. ApJL, 926, L24.
90. Cunningham, T., Wheatley, P., Tremblay P.-E. et al. (2022) A white dwarf accreting planetary material determined from X-ray observations. Nature, 602, 219.
89. Hollands, M. A., Tremblay, P.-E., Gänsicke, B. T. & Koester, D. (2022) Spectral analysis of cool white dwarfs accreting from planetary systems: From the UV to the optical. MNRAS, 511, 71.
88. López-Sanjuan, C., Tremblay, P.-E., Ederoclite, A. et al. (2022) J-PLUS: White dwarf spectral evolution by PDF analysis. A&A, 658, A79.
87. Raddi, R., Torres, S., Rebassa-Mansergas, A. et al. (2022) Kinematic properties of white dwarfs. Galactic orbital parameters and age-velocity dispersion relation. A&A, 658, A22.
86. Gentile Fusillo, N. P., Tremblay, P.-E., Cukanovaite, E. et al. (2021) A catalogue of white dwarfs in Gaia EDR3. MNRAS, 508, 3877.
85. Cardona Guillén, C., Lodieu, N., Béjar, V. J. S. et al. (2021) A young spectroscopic binary in a quintuple system part of the Local Association. A&A, 654, 134.
84. Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Maldonado, J., Raddi, R. et al. (2021) Constraining the solar neighbourhood age-metallicity relation from white dwarf-main sequence binaries. MNRAS, 505, 3165.
83. López-Sanjuan, C., Yuan, H., Vázquez Ramió et al. (2021) J-PLUS: Systematic impact of metallicity on photometric calibration with the stellar locus. A&A, 654, 61.
82. Abbott, T. M. C. et al. (2021) The Dark Energy Survey Data Release 2. ApJS, 255, 20.
81. Serenelli, A., Weiss, A., Aerts, C., et al. (2021) Weighing stars from birth to death: mass determination methods across the HRD. A&ARv, 29, 4.
80. Cunningham, T., Tremblay, P.-E., Koester, D., et al. (2021) Horizontal spreading of planetary debris accreted by white dwarfs. MNRAS, 503, 1646.
79. Camisassa, M. E., Althaus, L. G., Torres, S. et al. (2021) Forever young white dwarfs: When stellar ageing stops. A&A, 649, 7.
78. Hollands, M., Tremblay, P.-E., Gänsicke, B., et al. (2021) Alkali metals in white dwarf atmospheres as tracers of ancient planetary crusts. Nature Astronomy, 5, 451.
77. Cukanovaite, E., Tremblay, P.-E., Bergeron, P., et al. (2021) 3D spectroscopic analysis of helium-line white dwarfs. MNRAS, 501, 5274.
76. Burdge, K. B., Prince, T. A., Fuller, J., (2020) A Systematic Search of Zwicky Transient Facility Data for Ultracompact Binary LISA-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources. ApJ, 905, 32.
75. Gänsicke B. T., Rodrìguez-Gil P., Gentile Fusillo N. P., et al. (2020) Single magnetic white dwarfs with Balmer emission lines. MNRAS, 499, 2564.
74. Caiazzo I., Heyl J., Richer H., et al. (2020) Intermediate-mass Stars Become Magnetic White Dwarfs. ApJL, 901, L14.
73. Southworth, J., Tremblay, P. -E., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2020) A white dwarf bound to the transiting planetary system WASP-98. MNRAS, 497, 4416.
72. Claret, A., Cukanovaite, E., Burdge, K., et al. (2020) Doppler beaming factors for white dwarfs, main sequence stars, and giant stars Limb-darkening coefficients for 3D (DA and DB) white dwarf models. A&A, 641, A157.
71. Marigo, P., Cummings, J. D., Curtis, J. L., et al. (2020) Carbon star formation as seen through the non-monotonic initial–final mass relation. Nature Astronomy Letter, 4, 1102.
70. McCleery, J., Tremblay, P.-E., Gentile Fusillo, N. P., et al. (2020) Gaia white dwarfs within 40 pc II: the volume-limited northern hemisphere sample. MNRAS, 499, 1890.
69. Tremblay, P.-E., Hollands, M. A., Gentile Fusillo, N. P., et al. (2020) Gaia white dwarfs within 40 pc I: spectroscopic observations of new candidates. MNRAS, 497, 130.
68. Vanderbosch, Z., Hermes, J. J., Dennihy, E., et al. (2020) A White Dwarf with Transiting Circumstellar Material Far Outside Its Tidal Disruption Radius. ApJ, 897, 171.
67. Bognár, Zs., Kawaler, S. D., Bell, K. J., et al. (2020) TESS first look at evolved compact pulsators: Known ZZ Ceti stars of the southern ecliptic hemisphere as seen by TESS. A&A, 638, A82.
66. Zhang, Z., Liu, M. C., H., J. J. et al. (2020) COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS). I. A High-Gravity T4 Benchmark around an Old White Dwarf and A Re-Examination of the Surface-Gravity Dependence of the L/T Transition. ApJ, 891, 171.
65. Veras, D., Tremblay, P.-E., Hermes, J.J., et al. (2020) Constraining planet formation around 6-8 Msun stars. MNRAS, 493, 765.
64. Claret, A., Cukanovaite, E., Burdge, K. et al. (2020) Gravity and limb-darkening coefficients for compact stars: DA, DB and DBA eclipsing white dwarfs. A&A, 634, A93.
63. Hollands, M., Tremblay, P.-E., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2020) An ultra-massive white dwarf with a mixed hydrogen-carbon atmosphere as a likely merger remnant. Nature Astronomy Letter, 4, 663.
62. Cunningham, T., Tremblay, P.-E., Gentile Fusillo, N. P., et al. (2020) From Hydrogen to Helium: The Spectral Evolution of White Dwarfs
as Evidence for Convective Mixing. MNRAS, 492, 3540.
61. Gentile Fusillo, N. P., Tremblay, P.-E., Bohlin, R., et al. (2020) Cool white dwarfs as standards for infrared observations. MNRAS, 491, 3613.
60. Burdge, K. B., Fuller, J., Phinney, E. S., et al. (2019), Orbital Decay in a 20 Minute Orbital Period Detached Binary with a Hydrogen-poor Low-mass White Dwarf. ApJL, 886, 12.
59. Cukanovaite, E., Tremblay, P.-E., Freytag, B., et al. (2019) Calibration of the mixing length theory for structures of helium-dominated atmosphere white dwarfs. MNRAS, 490, 1010.
58. López-Sanjuan, C., Varela, J., Cristóbal-Hornillos, D., Vázquez Ramió, H., et al. (2019) J-PLUS: photometric calibration of large area multi-filter surveys with stellar and white dwarf loci. A&A, 631, 119.
57. Cunningham, T., Tremblay, P.-E., Freytag, B., et al. (2019) Convective Overshoot and Macroscopic Diffusion in Pure-Hydrogen Atmosphere White Dwarfs. MNRAS, 488, 2503.
56. Veras, D., Efroimsky, M., Makarov, V. V., et al. (2019) Orbital relaxation and excitation of planets tidally interacting with white dwarfs. MNRAS, 486, 3831.
55. Cummings, J. D., Kalirai, J. S., Choi, J., et al. (2019) A Novel Approach to Constrain Rotational Mixing & Convective-Core Overshoot in Stars Using the Initial-Final Mass Relation. ApJL, 871, L18.
54. Perpinyà-Vallès, M., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2019) Discovery of the first resolved triple white dwarf. MNRAS, 483, 901.
53. Tremblay, P.-E., Fontaine, G., Gentile Fusillo, N. P., et al. (2019) Core crystallization and pile-up in the cooling sequence of evolving white dwarfs. Nature, 565, 202.
52. Tremblay, P.-E., Cukanovaite, E., Gentile Fusillo, N. P., et al. (2019) Fundamental parameter accuracy of DA and DB white dwarfs in Gaia Data Release 2. MNRAS, 482, 5822.
51. Gentile Fusillo, N. P., Tremblay, P.-E., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2019) The Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of white dwarfs and a comparison with SDSS. MNRAS, 482, 4570.
50. Cummings, J., Kalirai, J., Tremblay, P.-E., et al. (2018) The White Dwarf Initial-Final Mass Relation for Progenitor Stars From 0.85 to 7.5 Msun. ApJ, 866, 21.
49. Cukanovaite, E., Tremblay, P.-E., Freytag, B., et al. (2018) Pure-helium 3D model atmospheres of white dwarfs. MNRAS, 481, 1522.
48. Izquierdo, P., Rodríguez-Gil, P., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2018) Fast spectrophotometry of WD 1145+017. MNRAS, 481, 703.
47. Hollands, M. A., Tremblay, P.-E., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2018) The Gaia 20 pc white dwarf sample. MNRAS, 480, 3942.
46. Obertas, A., Caiazzo, I., Heyl, J., et al. (2018) The onset of convective coupling and freezing in the white dwarfs of 47 Tucanae. MNRAS, 474, 677.
45. Gentile Fusillo, N., Tremblay, P.-E., Jordan, S., et al. (2018) Can magnetic fields suppress convection in the atmosphere of cool white dwarfs? A case study on WD2105-820. MNRAS, 473, 3693.
44. Bell, K. J., Hermes, J. J., Vanderbosch, Z., et al. (2017) Destroying Aliases from the Ground and Space: Super-Nyquist ZZ Cetis in K2 Long Cadence Data. ApJ, 851, 24.
43. Hermes, J. J., Gaensicke, B. T., Kawaler, S. D., et al. (2017) White Dwarf Rotation as a Function of Mass and a Dichotomy of Mode Linewidths: Kepler Observations of 27 Pulsating DA White Dwarfs Through K2 Campaign 8. ApJS, 232, 23.
42. Raddi, R., Gentile Fusillo, N. P., Pala, A. F., et al. (2017) Multi-band photometry and spectroscopy of an all-sky sample of bright white dwarfs. MNRAS, 472, 4173.
41. Parsons, S., Hermes, J. J., Marsh, T. R., et al. (2017) Two white dwarfs in ultrashort binaries with detached, eclipsing, likely substellar companions detected by K2. MNRAS, 471, 976.
40. Hermes, J. J., Kawaler, S. D.; Romero, A. D. et al. (2017) Evidence from K2 for rapid rotation in the descendant of an intermediate-mass star. ApJL, 841, L2.
39. Breedt, E., Steeghs, D., Marsh, T. R., et al. (2017) Using large spectroscopic surveys to test the double degenerate model for Type Ia supernovae. MNRAS, 468, 2910.
38. Kowalski, A. F., Allred, J. C.; Uitenbroek, H. et al. (2017) Hydrogen Balmer Line Broadening in Solar and Stellar Flares. ApJ, 837, 125.
37. Tremblay, P.-E., Gentile-Fusillo, N., Raddi, R., et al. (2017) The Gaia DR1 Mass-Radius Relation for White Dwarfs. MNRAS, 465, 2849.
36. Bell, K. J., Hermes, J. J., Montgomery, M. H., et al. (2016) Outbursts in two new cool pulsating DA white dwarfs. ApJ, 829, 82.
35. Tremblay, P.-E., Cummings, J., Kalirai, J. S., et al. (2016) The field white dwarf mass distribution. MNRAS, 461, 2100.
34. Greiss, S., Hermes, J. J., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2016) The search for ZZ Ceti stars in the original Kepler mission. MNRAS, 457, 2855.
33. Raddi, R., Catalán, S., Gänsicke, B. T., et al. (2016) A search for white dwarfs in the Galactic plane: the field and the open cluster population. MNRAS, 457, 1988.
32. Goldsbury, R., Heyl, J., Richer, H. B., Kalirai, J. S., & Tremblay, P. E. (2016) Constraining White Dwarf Structure and Neutrino Physics in 47 Tucanae. ApJ, 821, 27.
31. Cummings, J. D., Kalirai, J. S., Tremblay, P.-E., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., & Bergeron, P. (2016) An Ultramassive 1.28 Msun White Dwarf in NGC 2099. ApJ Letters, 820, L18.
30. Cummings, J. D., Kalirai, J. S., Tremblay, P.-E., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E. (2016) Two Massive White Dwarfs from NGC 2323 and the Initial–Final Mass Relation for Progenitors of 4 to 6.5 M. ApJ, 818, 84.
29. Tremblay, P.-E., Fontaine, G., Freytag, B., et al. (2015) On the Evolution of Magnetic White Dwarfs. ApJ, 812, 19.
28. Tremblay, P.-E., Gianninas, A., Kilic, M., et al. (2015) 3D Model Atmospheres for Extremely Low-Mass White Dwarfs. ApJ, 809, 148.
27. Cummings, J. D., Kalirai, J. S., Tremblay, P.-E., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E. (2015) Initial-Final Mass Relation for 3 to 4 Msun: Progenitors of White Dwarfs from the Single Cluster NGC 2099. ApJ, 807, 90.
26. Heyl, J., Richer, H. B., Antolini, E., et al. (2015) A Measurement of Diffusion in 47 Tucanae. ApJ, 804, 53.
25. Debes, J. H., Kilic, M., Tremblay, P.-E., et al. (2015) A New Merging Double Degenerate Binary in the Solar Neighborhood. AJ, 149, 176.
24. Tremblay, P.-E., Ludwig, H.-G., Freytag, B., et al. (2015) Calibration of the Mixing-length Theory for Convective White Dwarf Envelopes. ApJ, 799, 142.
23. Bohlin, R., Gordon, K. & Tremblay, P.-E. (2014) Absolute Physical Flux Calibration of Stars from the Ultraviolet to the Mid-Infrared. PASP, 126, 711.
22. Tremblay, P.-E., Kalirai, J. S., Soderblom, D. R., Cignoni, M. & Cummings, J. (2014) White Dwarf Cosmochronology in the Solar Neighborhood. ApJ, 791, 92.
21. Tremblay, P.-E., Leggett, S. K., Lodieu, N., et al. (2014) White Dwarfs In The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Data Release 9. ApJ, 788, 103.
20. Carrasco, J. M., Catalan, S., Jordi, C., et al. (2014) Gaia photometry for white dwarfs. A&A, 565, A11.
19. Bours, M. C. P., Marsh, T. R., Parsons, S., et al. (2014) Precise parameters for both white dwarfs in the eclipsing binary CSS 41177. MNRAS, 438, 3399.
18. Kalirai, J. S., Marigo, P. & Tremblay, P.-E. (2014) The Core Mass Growth and Stellar Lifetime of Thermally Pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars. ApJ, 782, 17.
17. Tremblay, P.-E., Ludwig, H.-G., Steffen, M. & Freytag, B. (2013) Spectroscopic analysis of DA white dwarfs with 3D model atmospheres. A&A, 559, A104.
16. Tremblay, P.-E., Ludwig, H.-G., Freytag, B., Steffen, M. & Caffau, E. (2013) Granulation properties of giants, dwarfs, and white dwarfs from the CIFIST 3D model atmosphere grid. A&A, 557, A7.
15. Tremblay, P.-E., Ludwig, H.-G., Steffen, M. & Freytag, B. (2013) Pure-hydrogen 3D model atmospheres of cool white dwarfs. A&A, 552, A13.
14. Tremblay, P.-E., Schilbach, E., Röser, S., et al. (2012) Spectroscopic and photometric studies of white dwarfs in the Hyades. A&A, 547, A99.
13. Goldsbury, R., Heyl, J., Richer, H. B., et al. (2012) An Empirical Measure of the Rate of White Dwarf Cooling in 47 Tucanae. ApJ, 760, 78.
12. Catalan, S., Tremblay, P.-E., Pinfield, D.J., Smith, L. C., Zhang, Z. H., Napiwotzki, R., Marocco, F., Day-Jones, A., Gomes, J., Forde, K. P., Lucas, P. W. & Jones, H. R. (2012) The brightest pure-H ultracool white dwarf. A&A, 546, L3.
11. Woodley, K. A., Goldsbury, R., Kalirai, J. S., Richer, H. B., Tremblay, P.-E., Anderson, J.,Bergeron, P., Dotter, A., Esteves, L., Fahlman, G. G., Hansen, B. M. S., Heyl, J., Hurley, J., Rich, R. M., Shara, M. M. & Stetson, P. B. (2012) The Spectral Energy Distributions of White Dwarfs in 47 Tucanae: The Distance to the Cluster. AJ, 143, 50.
10. Tremblay, P.-E., Ludwig, H.-G., Steffen, M., Bergeron, P. & Freytag, B. (2011) Solution to the problem of the surface gravity distribution of cool DA white dwarfs from improved 3D model atmospheres. A&A, 531, L19.
9. Leggett, S. K., Lodieu, N., Tremblay, P.-E., Bergeron, P. & Nitta, A. (2011) Cool White Dwarfs Found in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey. ApJ, 735, 62.
8. Tremblay, P.-E., Bergeron, P. & Gianninas, A. (2011) An Improved Spectroscopic Analysis of DA White Dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4. ApJ, 730, 128.
7. Bohlin, R., Gordon, K. D., Rieke, G. H. et al. (2011) Absolute Flux Calibration of the IRAC Instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope Using Hubble Space Telescope Flux Standards. AJ, 141, 173.
6. Tremblay, P.-E., Bergeron, P., Kalirai, J.-S. & Gianninas, A. (2010) New Insights into the Problem of the Surface Gravity Distribution of Cool DA White Dwarfs. ApJ, 712, 1345.
5. Kilic, M., Leggett, S. K., Tremblay, P.-E., von Hippel, T., Bergeron, P., Harris, H. C., Munn, J, A., Williams, K. A., Gates, E. & Farihi, J. (2010) A Detailed Model Atmosphere Analysis of Cool White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. ApJS, 190, 77.
4. Tremblay, P.-E. & Bergeron, P. (2009) Spectroscopic Analysis of DA White Dwarfs: Stark Broadening of Hydrogen Lines Including Nonideal Effects. ApJ, 696, 1755.
3. Tremblay, P.-E. & Bergeron, P. (2008) The Ratio of Helium- to Hydrogen-Atmosphere White Dwarfs: Direct Evidence for Convective Mixing. ApJ. 672, 1144.
2. Tremblay, P.-E. & Bergeron, P. (2007) Infrared Photometric Analysis of White Dwarfs from the Two Micron All Sky Survey and the Spitzer Space Telescope. ApJ, 657, 1013.
1. Tremblay, P.-E., Fontaine, G., Brassard, P., Bergeron P. & Randall, S.K. (2006) A Quantitative Analysis of the Available Multicolor Photometry for Rapidly Pulsating Hot B Subdwarfs. ApJS, 165, 551.
B) Books
1. Tremblay, P.-E., Gänsicke, B., Marsh, T. (2017) 20th European White Dwarf Workshop Proceedings, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 509