The cool white dwarf luminosity function and the age of the galactic disk

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 497, Issue 1 PART I, 1998, Pages 294-302

  Leggett, S K ^a,b,c   Ruiz, Maria Teresa ^a,b,c   Bergeron, P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Lockheed Martin Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Stars: Evolution; Stars: Fundamental parameters; Stars: Luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041644500     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305463     Document Type: Article

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