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7 - Non crystallized regions of White dwarfs. Thermodynamics. Opacity. Turbulent convection

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2010

I. Mazzilelli
Affiliation:
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, C.P. 67, 00044 Frascati. Italy
Gilles Chabrier
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon
Evry Schatzman
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, Meudon
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The evolution of White Dwarf stars along their cooling sequences is governed not only by their thermal content, but also by the rate at which heat flows through the external, partially degenerate and non-isothermal layers. In particular, cooling is found to be largely influenced both by the optical atmosphere, and by the convective envelope. The first one, in fact, determines the internal density stratification, down to the point at which electron degeneracy takes over, while the second one affects the temperature stratification in the same layers. The reliability of the present generation of models of White Dwarf envelopes is discussed, on the grounds of the main physical inputs (thermodynamics, opacity, convection theory), for both H-rich and He-rich surface chemical compositions. The conclusion is that, below LogL/L ≤ –3, we can build little more than test models.

L'évolution des naines blanches le long de leur séquence de refroidissement est gouvernée non seulement pas leur contenu thermique, mais aussi par la vitesse à laquelle la chaleur s'échappe à travers les couches externes, non-isothermes et partiellement dégénérées. En particulier, le refroidissement est largement influencé à la fois par l'atmosphére optique et par l'enveloppe convective. La premiére détermine la stratification interne en densité jusqu'à ce que la dégénérescence électronique prenne le dessus, alors que la seconde affecte la stratification en température dans les mêmes couches.

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The Equation of State in Astrophysics
IAU Colloquium 147
, pp. 144 - 160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1994

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