Implications of white dwarf galactic halos

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 468, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 586-597

  Adams, Fred C ^a   Laughlin, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344444973     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177717     Document Type: Article

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