8B30.75 - White Dwarfs

Photo Credit: http://m.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2005/12/Sirius_B_compared_to_Earth
Photo Credit: http://m.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2005/12/Sirius_B_compared_to_Earth
Code Number:
8B30.75
Demo Title:
White Dwarfs
Condition:
Excellent
Area of Study:
Stellar Astronomy
Procedure:
  • Parker Hund, Michael K.-H. Kiessling, "How Much Electric Surcharge Fits On.........a "White Dwarf" Star", AJP, Vol. 89, #3, March 2021, p. 291.
  • Jennifer Sieben, "An Unexplained, Long-Period Radio-Transient Discovery", Physics Today, Vol. 76, #10, Oct. 2023, p. 15.
  • R. Mark Wilson, "White Dwarfs Crystallize as They Cool", Physics Today, Vol. 72, #3, Mar. 2019, p. 14.
  • Ashley G. Smart, "Asteroseismology Reveals the Structure of a White Dwarf", Physics Today, Vol. 71, #3, Mar. 2018, p. 16.
  • Charles Day, "Throwing Icebergs at White Dwarfs", Physics Today, Vol. 70, #10, Oct. 2017, p. 30.
  • R. Mark Wilson, "A Newly Found Pair of Stars Appears Destined to Merge and Explode", Physics Today, Vol. 68, #4, Apr. 2015, p. 15.
  • S. Vennes, P. Nemeth, A. Kawka, J. R. Thorstensen, V. Khalack, L. Ferrario, and E. H. Alper, "An Unusual White Dwar Star May Be a Surviving Remnant of a Subluminous Type Ia Supernova", Science, Vol. 357, #6352, Aug. 2017, p. 680.
  • Kailash C. Sahu, Jay Anderson, Stefano Casertano, Howard E. Bond, Pierre Bergeron, Edmund P. Nelan, Laurent Pueyo, Thomas M. Brown, Andrea Bellini, Zoltan G. Levay, Joshua Sokol, Martin Dominik, Annalisa Calamida, Noé Kains, and Mario Livio, "Relativistic Deflection of Background Starlight Measures the Mass of a Nearby White Dwarf Star", Science, Vol. 356, #6342, June 2017, p. 1046.
  • T. D. Oswalt, "A Centennial Gift from Einstein", Science, Vol. 356, #6342, June 2017, p. 1014.

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