Semi-empirical white dwarf initial-final mass relationships: A thorough analysis of systematic uncertainties due to stellar evolution models

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 692, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1013-1032

  Salaris, Maurizio ^a,c   Serenelli, Aldo ^b,c   Weiss, Achim ^c   Bertolami, Marcelo Miller ^d,e  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Open clusters and associations: individual (Pleiades, Hyades, Praesepe, NGC 1039, NGC 2168, NGC 2099, NGC 2516, NGC 3532, NGC 6819, NGC 7789); Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: evolution; Stars: individual (Sirius); Stars: mass loss; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021275598     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1013     Document Type: Article

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