Outer boundary conditions for evolving cool white dwarfs

2012/09/11 by R. D. Rohrmann, L. G. Althaus, E. García-Berro +2 · 49 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Black dwarf #Blue dwarf #Boundary (topology) #Boundary value problem #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #White (mutation) #White dwarf #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219292

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 546, A119 (EDP Sciences) · 6 pages, 9 figures, to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

arxiv created 2012/09/11 · openalex publication_date 2012/09/30 · arxiv updated 2015/06/11 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. White dwarf evolution is essentially a gravothermal cooling process, which, for cool white dwarfs, depends on the treatment of the outer boundary conditions.

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