Evolution of white dwarfs as a probe of theories of gravitation: The case of Brans-Dicke

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 905-919

  Benvenuto, O G ^a   Althaus, L G ^a   Torres, Diego F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cosmology: theory; Gravitation; Methods: analytical; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; PULSARS; RELATIVITY; TENSORS; WHITE DWARFS;

COSMOLOGY: THEORY; GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES; LOW-ENERGY LIMIT; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; MASS FUNCTIONS; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; WHITE-DWARFS-STARS;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0039702393     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02486.x     Document Type: Article

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