Discovery of high proper-motion ancient white dwarfs: Nearby massive compact halo objects?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 532, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages

  Ibata, Rodrigo ^a   Irwin, Michael ^b   Bienaymé, Olivier ^c   Scholz, Ralf ^d   Guibert, Jean ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e Ctr d'Anal Images l'INSU O   (France)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Galaxy: halo; Solar neighborhood; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034688749     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/312566     Document Type: Article

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