White-Dwarfs in the thin-disk: physical properties and luminosity functions

In this article, we present an investigation of a sample of 1072 stars extracted from the Villanova Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs (2005 on-line version), studying their distribution in the Galaxy, their physical properties and their luminosity functions. The distances and...

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Main Authors: Hektor Monteiro, Wei-Chun Jao, Antonio Kanaan
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Nove de Julho 2007-01-01
Series:Exacta
Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81050220