Wide binary systems and the nature of high-velocity white dwarfs

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 2 1760, 2002, Pages 1118-1126

  Silvestri, Nicole M ^a   Oswalt, Terry D ^a   Hawley, Suzanne L ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics stars: fundamental parameters; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012453121     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341382     Document Type: Article

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