White dwarfs in common proper motion binary systems: Mass distribution and kinematics

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 503-516

  Silvestri, Nicole M ^a   Oswalt, Terry D ^a   Wood, Matt A ^a   Smith, J Allyn ^b,e   Reid, I Neill ^c   Sion, Edward M ^d  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamental parameters Stars; Kinematics Techniques; Spectroscopic white dwarfs; Stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012453941     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318005     Document Type: Article

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