Might carbon-atmosphere white dwarfs harbour a new type of pulsating star?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fontaine, G ^a   Brassard, P ^b   Dufour, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: oscillations; Stars: white dwarfs

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY;

ASTEROSEISMOLOGICAL POTENTIAL; STARS: OSCILLATIONS; STARS: WHITE DWARFS;

STARS;

EID: 43049123492     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809651     Document Type: Article

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