The Mass Distribution of White Dwarfs: An Unwavering Obsession

Bergeron, P.; Gianninas, A.; Boudreault, S.
Referencia bibliográfica

15th European Workshop on White Dwarfs ASP Conference Series, Vol. 372, proceedings of the conference held 7-11 August, 2006 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Edited by Ralf Napiwotzki and Matthew R. Burleigh. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007., p.29

Fecha de publicación:
9
2007
Número de autores
3
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
30
Número de citas referidas
20
Descripción
We discuss some of our current knowledge of the mass distribution of DA and non-DA stars using various methods for measuring white dwarf masses including spectroscopic, trigonometric parallax, and gravitational redshift measurements, with a particular emphasis on the problems encountered at the low end of the cooling sequence where energy transport by convection becomes important.