The GSC-II-based survey of ancient cool white dwarfs I. the sample of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 579-588

  Carollo, D ^a   Bucciarelli, B ^a   Hodgkin, S T ^c   Lattanzi, M G ^a   McLean, B ^b   Morbidelli, R ^a   Smart, R L ^a   Spagna, A ^a   Terranegra, L ^d  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b NASA Hubble Fellowship Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Stars: white dwarfs; Surveys; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; LUMINESCENCE; MOTION ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; SURVEYS;

STARS: WHITE DWARFS; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 33644935027     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054113     Document Type: Article

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