The luminosity function of halo white dwarfs
Session 1 Stellar Structure and Evolution
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Abstract
Recently, Liebertet al. (1989) have obtained an approximate observational luminosity function for halo white dwarfs. Certainly, this first attempt will be improved by the forthcoming Very Large Telescopes. Here we construct theoretical luminosity functions of such stars and we examine their dependence on the age of the halo. Finally, we show that accurate observational luminosity functions could provide useful information about the evolution of the galaxy.
Keywords
Luminosity Function Large Telescope Halo White Observational Luminosity Function Observational Luminosity
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