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White Dwarfs and Planetary Central Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

James Liebert
James Liebert*
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA

Abstract

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Studies of hot white dwarf samples constrain the properties and evolution of planetary nuclei and the nebulae. In particular, the white dwarf and planetary nebulae formation rates are compared. I discuss the overlap of the sequences of white dwarfs having hydrogen (DA) and helium-rich (DO) atmospheres with known central stars of high surface gravity. There is evidence that the hydrogen atmosphere nuclei have “thick” outer hydrogen layers (≳ 10−4 M⊙), but that DA white dwarfs may have surface hydrogen layers orders of magnitude thinner. Finally, a DA planetary nucleus is discussed (0950+139) which has undergone a late nebular ejection; this object may be demonstrating that a hydrogen layer can be lost even after the star has entered the white dwarf cooling sequence.

Type
VII. Planetaries and White Dwarfs
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 131: Planetary Nebulae , 1989 , pp. 545 - 554
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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