White dwarf-red dwarf systems resolved with the hubble space telescope. I. First results

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 646, Issue I, 2006, Pages 480-492

  Farihi, J ^a,b   Hoard, D W ^c,d   Wachter, S ^c  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Stars: evolution; Stars: formation; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747451291     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504683     Document Type: Article

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