White Dwarfs as Physics Laboratories: Lights and Shadows

The evolution of white dwarfs is essentially a gravothermal process of cooling in which the basic ingredients for predicting their evolution are well identified, although not always well understood. There are two independent ways to test the cooling rate. One is the luminosity function of the white...

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Main Authors: J. Isern, S. Torres, A. Rebassa-Mansergas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.815517/full