The impact of a merger episode in the galactic disc white dwarf population

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 492-500

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WHITE DWARFS;

DWARF POPULATION; GALACTIC DISKS; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; MASS FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATORS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PROPERTY; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION;

MERGING;

EID: 17944390848     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04885.x     Document Type: Article

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