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11. Effective Temperatures of White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. B. Oke  and
H. L. Shipman
J. B. Oke
Affiliation:
Hale Observatories, California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
H. L. Shipman
Affiliation:
Hale Observatories, California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Institution of Washington

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White dwarf stars are among the most challenging and interesting objects which can be studied. Because they represent the interiors of highly-evolved stars, the chemical composition can be enormously variable from object to object. Furthermore, because of the very large gravities, the composition of the atmosphere may be very different from that in the interior. The theory of the degenerate interior provides a relation among mass, radius and chemical composition. Since temperatures, effective gravities, and redshifts can, for certain stars, provide further relations between mass and radius, one can hope to make checks on the theory which are not possible with ordinary stars.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 42: White Dwarfs , 1971 , pp. 67 - 76
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Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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