An EUV-selected sample of DA white dwarfs from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey - I. Optically derived stellar parameters

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-383

  Marsh, M C ^a   Barstow, M A ^a   Buckley, D A ^b   Burleigh, M R ^a   Holberg, J B ^c   Koester, D ^d   O'Donoghue, D ^e   Penny, A J ^f   Sansom, A E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Stars: atmospheres; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; SURVEYS;

ALL-SKY; ALL-SKY SURVEY; MASS FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL-; PROPERTY; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: ATMOSPHERE; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STELLAR PARAMETERS; SURFACE GRAVITY;

WHITE DWARFS;

EID: 0001432055     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/286.2.369     Document Type: Article

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