The temperature scale and mass distribution of hot DA white dwarfs

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 488, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 375-396

  Finley, David S ^a   Koester, Detlev ^b   Basri, Gibor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Stars: atmospheres; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944433202     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304668     Document Type: Article

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