SDSS white dwarf mass distribution at low effective temperatures
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SDSS White Dwarf mass distribution at low effective temperatures
The DA white dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, as analyzed in the papers for Data Releases 1 and 4, show an increase in surface gravity towards lower effective temperatures below 11500 K. We study the various possible explanations of this effect, from a real increase of the masses to uncertainties or deficiencies of the atmospheric models. No definite answer is found but the tentative con...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1742-6596
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/172/1/012006