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White Dwarf Evolution in Real Time: What Pulsating White Dwarfs Teach us About Stellar Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Steven D. Kawaler  and
Carl J. Hansen
Steven D. Kawaler
Affiliation:
Center for Solar and Space Research, Yale University
Carl J. Hansen
Affiliation:
J.I.L.A., University of Colorado

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The variable white dwarfs repeatedly force theory to conform to their observed properties so that further progress can be made in understanding the structure and evolution of all white dwarfs. We use the term “understanding” in a loose sense here because, as we will show, both observational constraints and interpretation of the observations vis-à-vis theory contribute to uncertainties in our understanding at this time. In any case, recent progress in this field (sometimes called white dwarf seismology) has provided some fascinating insights into the evolutionary and structural properties of white dwarfs and their progenitors. This short review is our attempt to describe recent progress made in the interaction of theory with observations.

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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 114: White Dwarfs , 1989 , pp. 97 - 108
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Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

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