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15. Cooling of White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

H. M. van Horn
H. M. van Horn*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and C. E. Kenneth Mees Observatory University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.

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A knowledge of the precise relationship between the age and luminosity of a white dwarf can in principle be used to determine the compositions of the white dwarfs in galactic clusters. To this end the assumptions in Mestel's theory of white dwarf cooling are critically reviewed, and the results of recent work aimed at relaxing these restrictions are briefly summarized. It is concluded that on the basis of current knowledge an accuracy of the order of 10 or 20% in the age-luminosity relation should be attainable.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 42: White Dwarfs , 1971 , pp. 97 - 115
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Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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