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The Mass Distribution of White Dwarfs and Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Volker Weidemann*
Affiliation:
Institut f. Theoretische Physik und Sternwarte, Universität Kiel, Fed. Rep. Germany

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Recent results on mass distributions for white dwarfs and planetary nebulae are presented and compared with current theoretical predictions. Whereas single star evolution leads to final masses predominantely in a narrow interval around 0.6μ0 which can be explained by current mass loss schemes degenerate stars in binaries present a larger range of masses. The average mass of the primaries in cataclysmic binaries seems to be more around 0.7 than 1μ0.

Type
Part IV: Cataclysmic Binaries and their Role in Stellar Evolution
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982

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