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The white dwarf descendants of Wolf-Rayet planetary nuclei

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Evolutionary links between Wolf-Rayet planetary nuclei and the hottest H-deficient white dwarfs are summarized with recent developments and evidence of ongoing mass loss in the white dwarf descendants highlighted.

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Sion, E.M. The white dwarf descendants of Wolf-Rayet planetary nuclei. Astrophys Space Sci 238, 131–135 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645508

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