2000/04/11 by Brad M. S. Hansen, Hansen, Brad M. S.
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0004133
TeX, 7 pages plus 2 postscript figures To be published in: Microlensing 2000. ASP Conference Series, Eds. J W Menzies, P Sackett
arxiv created 2000/04/11 · openalex publication_date 2000/04/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A popular interpretation of recent microlensing studies of the line of sight towards the Large Magellanic Cloud invokes a population of old white dwarf stars in the Galactic halo. Below I review the basic properties of old white dwarf stars and the ongoing efforts to detect this population directly.