White dwarfs as physics laboratories: lights and shadows
The evolution of white dwarfs is essentially a gravothermal process of cooling in which the basic ingredients for predicting their evolution are well identified, although not always well understood. There are two independent ways to test the cooling rate. One is the luminosity function of the white...
| Autores: | , , |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/381995 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/381995 https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.815517 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | White dwarf stars (Stars) white dwarfs Stars: oscillations (including pulsations) Stars: luminosity function Mass function Asteroseismology Astroparticle physics Gravitation Nans blancs Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica |
| Sumario: | The evolution of white dwarfs is essentially a gravothermal process of cooling in which the basic ingredients for predicting their evolution are well identified, although not always well understood. There are two independent ways to test the cooling rate. One is the luminosity function of the white dwarf population, and another is the secular drift of the period of pulsation of those individuals that experience variations. |
|---|