Formation of high-field magnetic white dwarfs from common envelopes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3135-3140

  Nordhaus, Jason ^a   Wellons, Sarah ^a   Spiegel, David S ^a   Metzger, Brian D ^a   Blackman, Eric G ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compact objects; Magnetohydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMMON ENVELOPE; EVOLUTION; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HIGHLY MAGNETIZED WHITE DWARF; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79952752524     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015005108     Document Type: Article

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