The Physics of the Atmospheres of Cool White Dwarfs
The coolest white dwarfs known with effective temperatures below 5000K are among the oldest stars in the Milky Way. As they define the cutoff in the white dwarf luminosity function, they may be used as cosmochronometers. To achieve this goal we need reliable atmospheric models for these stars, as th...
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2006
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11302006-201936/ |