An independent limit on the axion mass from the variable white dwarf star R548

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Corsico A H ^a,b   Althaus, L G ^a,b   Romero, A D ^c   Mukadam, A S ^d   Garcia Berro E ^e,f   Isern, J ^f,g   Kepler, S O ^c   Corti, M A ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE RADIOASTRONOMÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

axions; white and brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871765766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/010     Document Type: Article

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