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Section I. Halo White Dwarfs and Galactic Structure. Old Ultracool White Dwarfs as Cosmological Probes. Number counts of white dwarfs: the impact of GAIA. Influence of Metallicity in the Determination of the Age of Halo White Dwarfs. Cool Halo White Dwarfs from GSCII. Dark halo baryons not in ancient white dwarfs? White Dwarfs in 2QZ and Sloan Surveys. White Dwarfs and Cataclysmic in the FBS. White Dwarfs in Globular Clusters. Core/Envelope Symmetry in Pulsating White Dwarfs Stars. A Search for Variability in Cool White Dwarf Stars. Planetary Nebulae and the Galactic Bulge. Section II. Type Ia Supernovae. Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology. The Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae. Progenitors of Supernovae Type Ia. Polulation synthesis for progenitors of type Ia supernovae. How far can we trust SNE Ia as Standard Candles? Kirshner on White Dwarfs. Supernovae. and Cosmology. Section III. Cataclysmic Variables and White Dwarf Accretion. Accretion in Cataclysmic Variable Stars. White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables: Probes of Accretion History. Intermediate Polars in Low States. Chemical Abundances of WDs in CVs. AM CVn Stars in the UCT CCD CV Survey. TUG Observations of V2275 Cyg, RW Umi, PX And and FO Per. The Possible Identification of Two Hibernating Novae. Evidence for large superhumps in TX Col and V4742 Sgr. Concluding remarks.
About the Author:

Edward M. Sion, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Villanova University, Former Scientific Editor, The Astrophysical Journal, author or co-author of over 400 scientific publications on white dwarfs and cataclysmic variable stars, co-author of the Catalogue of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs.

Stephane Vennes, Research Astronomer, Johns Hopkins University, Lecturer, Australian national University, leading expert on the physics of diffusion, radiative forces, and accretion onto white dwarfs, and specialist on space ultraviolet studies of white dwarf stars.

Harry L. Shipman, Annie Jump Cannon Professor of Astronomy, University of Delaware, Distinguished Educator Medal, the National Science Foundation, author or co-author of over 300 scientific publications on white dwarfs and author of Black Holes and the Infinite Universe and Introductory Astronomy, leading expert on white dwarf stars and science education.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789048169320
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9048169321
  • Publisher Date: 22 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 268
  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
  • Weight: 444 gr


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