Observations of white dwarfs in the solar neighborhood

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 3 1779, 2004, Pages 1702-1711

  Kawka, Adela ^a   Vennes, Stéphane ^b,d   Thorstensen, John R ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: disk; Solar neighborhood; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142640333     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382110     Document Type: Article

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