Monte Carlo simulations of the disc white dwarf population

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-188

  García Berro, Enrique ^a   Torres, Santiago ^a   Isern, Jordi ^b   Burkert, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxy: stellar content; Solar neighbourhood; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LUMINANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; DWARF POPULATION; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; MASS FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION;

WHITE DWARFS;

EID: 0040938118     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02115.x     Document Type: Article

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