The masses of white dwarfs in the Praesepe open cluster

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 563, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 987-998

  Claver, C F ^a   Liebert, James ^b   Bergeron, P ^c   Koester, D ^d  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035924287     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323792     Document Type: Article

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