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Comparison of White Dwarf Mass Determinations

2005/03/04 by S. Boudreault, P. Bergeron, Boudreault, S. +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #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/0503111

4 pages, 5 figures, 14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs, ASP Conference Series, In press

arxiv created 2005/03/04 · openalex publication_date 2005/03/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

White dwarf masses can be determined in several ways. Here we compare masses obtained from Balmer line spectroscopy with those derived from trigonometric parallax measurements for an ensemble of cool hydrogen-atmosphere white dwarfs.

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