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The Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on White Dwarfs is a major reference source, not only on the specific field of the physics of white dwarfs, but also for astronomy in general.
A wide variety of astrophysical problems are discussed in the book, ranging from stellar evolution, physics and chemistry of white dwarf atmospheres, stellar pulsation, physics of degenerate matter, binary systems and accretion processes, structure of our galaxy, extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology. The book presents the most up to date status of the field of white dwarf research, and is the latest work to present the findings of International White Dwarf meetings. Moreover, it provides guidelines for future research in this field and is an excellent textbook for Master and PhD level students and young researchers approaching the field for the first time.


The Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on White Dwarfs is a major reference source, not only on the specific field of the physics of white dwarfs, but also for astronomy in general.
A wide variety of astrophysical problems are discussed in the book, ranging from stellar evolution, physics and chemistry of white dwarf atmospheres, stellar pulsation, physics of degenerate matter, binary systems and accretion processes, structure of our galaxy, extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology. The book presents the most up to date status of the field of white dwarf research, and is the latest work to present the findings of International White Dwarf meetings. Moreover, it provides guidelines for future research in this field and is an excellent textbook for Master and PhD level students and young researchers approaching the field for the first time.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On Oxygen-Neon White Dwarfs....Pages 3-6
Progenitor Evolution and Chemical Stratification in CO White Dwarfs....Pages 7-10
Convective Coupling: A Largely Overlooked Effect in Cooling White Dwarfs....Pages 11-14
Sinking of 22Ne in Liquid WD Interiors....Pages 15-18
From Red Giants to White Dwarfs — A Radiation-Hydrodynamics Simulation of the Planetary Nebula Stage....Pages 19-22
The Star Formation Rate from White Dwarfs....Pages 23-24
New Determination of 12C(?,?)16O Reaction Rate And Impact on WD Models....Pages 25-26
The Origin of White Dwarf Rotation Velocities....Pages 27-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Type IA Supernovae: Constraints For The Progenitor Scenario....Pages 31-34
A New Evolutionary Path for the Progenitors of Type IA Supernovae....Pages 35-38
Search for Double Degenerate Progenitors of Supernovae Type IA with SPY....Pages 39-42
Double Degenerates from the Supernova IA Progenitor Survey (SPY)....Pages 43-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Subluminous B Stars and Progenitors of Helium Core White Dwarfs....Pages 49-52
The Progeny of Binary White Dwarf Mergers....Pages 53-56
New Subdwarf B Star Periods....Pages 57-60
SDB Stars and the Structure of the Milky Way....Pages 61-64
High Signal-to-Noise Ratio Observations of EC 14026 Pulsators....Pages 65-68
Fundamental Parameters of SDB Pulsators from Asteroseismology....Pages 69-72
Towards Asteroseismology of the Non-Radial Pulsating SDB Star PG 1605+072....Pages 73-76
Pulsation Period Stability in the SDBV Star HS 2201+2610....Pages 77-80
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Feige 48: A Model Match for the Coolest Pulsating Subdwarf B Star....Pages 81-84
MMT Blue Spectrograph Observations Of SDB Stars: Heavy Elements Abundances....Pages 85-86
Radial Velocity Variations and Metal Abundances of Three Bright SDB Stars....Pages 87-88
Preliminary Results From CCD Monitoring: Light Curves Of Subdwarf B Stars....Pages 89-90
Physical Parameters for Subdwarf B Stars with Composite Spectra....Pages 91-92
Are Helium-Rich Subdwarf B Stars The Products of White Dwarf Mergers?....Pages 93-94
Spectroscopic Studies of the Pulsating SDB Binary PG1336-018....Pages 95-96
Companions to Subdwarf B Stars — Degenerate or Non-Degenerate?....Pages 97-98
Hot Subdwarfs: Further Photometric Observations of Pulsating and Non Pulsating Objects....Pages 99-100
The Temperature of the Cool Stars in Three Eclipsing Binary Systems with The SDB Components: HW VIR, PG1336-018 and HS0705+670....Pages 101-102
Analysis Of Fuse and IUE Spectra of the SDOB Star EC11481-2303....Pages 103-104
Photometric and Spectroscopic Monitoring of the SDBV Star PG 1605+072:....Pages 105-108
Stellar Wind Signatures in SDB Stars?....Pages 109-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
A New Determination of the Spectroscopic Mass and Radius for Sirius B....Pages 113-116
Metal Abundances in PG1159 Stars from Chandra and Fuse Spectroscopy....Pages 117-120
High Resolution EUV & FUV Spectroscopy of DA White Dwarfs....Pages 121-125
Detection of Photospheric O VI in the Fuse Spectra of Low Metallicity White Dwarfs....Pages 127-130
FUSE Observations of the DAO White Dwarf Feige 55....Pages 131-134
FUSE Spectra of DO White Dwarfs....Pages 135-138
Trace Metals in Cool DA White Dwarfs....Pages 139-142
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Spectroscopic Determination of Mass for a Sample of DAO White Dwarfs....Pages 143-146
Improved Results for Equilibrium Abundances from Diffusion Calculations....Pages 147-150
Discovery of Oxygen in the DQ White Dwarf Star G 227-5 (PG 1727+560): A Progress Report....Pages 151-153
Spectral Analysis of Supra Horizontal Branch Stars in Globular Clusters....Pages 155-156
Abundance Patterns in Hot DA Atmospheres from FUSE....Pages 157-158
FUSE Observations of the Peculiar Hot SDO Star MCT 0019-2441....Pages 159-160
Lyman Gamma Satellites Due to H-H+ Collisions: Application to FUSE Observations of Hot White Dwarfs....Pages 161-162
Quasi-Molecular Lines in Lyman Wings of Cool DA White Dwarfs; Application to FUSE Observations of G 231–40....Pages 163-164
Defining the Red Edge of the DB Gap with PG 0112+104....Pages 165-166
The FUSE Spectrum of the DB White Dwarf GD 190....Pages 167-168
Search for Oxygen in Cool DQ White Dwarf Atmospheres....Pages 169-170
FUSE Spectroscopy of the Two Prototype White Dwarfs with Signatures of a Super-Hot Wind....Pages 171-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Progress in Modeling Magnetic White Dwarfs....Pages 175-178
Spectropolarimetric Survey of Southern Hydro Gen-Rich White Dwarfs....Pages 179-182
Magnetic Field Evolution in Accreting White Dwarfs....Pages 183-186
Radiation-Driven Diskons....Pages 187-190
Constraints on the Parameters of a Magnetic White Dwarf Corona Imposed by its Cyclotron Emission....Pages 191-194
Zeeman Tomography of Magnetic White Dwarfs: General Method and Application to EF Eridani....Pages 195-198
Magnetic White Dwarfs in the SDSS....Pages 199-200
WD1953-011 — A White Dwarf With a Star Spot?....Pages 201-202
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Do Magnetic Fields Prevent Hydrogen from Accreting on to Cool Metal-Line White Dwarfs?....Pages 203-204
Electromagnetic Radiation from Accretion-Induced Collapse of a White Dwarf....Pages 205-208
Magnetic Reconnection in the Accretion-Disk Corona of Compact Stars....Pages 209-210
Cyclotron Emission Features in Polars with Low Accretion Rates....Pages 211-212
Transfer of Cyclotron Radiation in Plasmas on Magnetic White Dwarfs....Pages 213-214
Modelling Magnetic DB White Dwarfs....Pages 215-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
The ZZ Ceti Instability Strip: Facts and Fallacies....Pages 219-222
Heat Waves and WD Cooling Theory in ZZ Ceti Stars....Pages 223-226
Searching for the Most Stable Pulsating Stars....Pages 227-230
The DBV White Dwarf EC 20058-5234....Pages 231-234
Progress Report on the Hot DB PG0112+104....Pages 235-238
Period Stability on Pulsating White Dwarfs....Pages 239-241
Diffusion in Variable DA White Dwarfs....Pages 243-246
Disentangling the Core from the Envelope in Pulsating White Dwarf Stars....Pages 247-250
White Dwarf Seismology and the 12C(?,?)16O Rate....Pages 251-254
Group Behaviour of the Pulsating DB White Dwarf Stars....Pages 255-258
Asteroseismology of the DB Star GD 358: Improved Evolutionary Models....Pages 259-260
On Mode Trapping Properties of Full DA White Dwarf Evolutionary Models....Pages 261-262
Preliminary Results of the wet XCOV22 Campaign at Calar alto Observatory....Pages 263-264
Search for Magnetic Fields Among Non-Pulsators in the DAV Instability Strip....Pages 265-266
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Wavelength Dependence of Pulsation Amplitudes in DBV White Dwarfs....Pages 267-268
Towards Understanding Another Cool DA White Dwarf Pulsator: G 255-2....Pages 269-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-272
Direct Impact Accretors....Pages 273-273
Helium White Dwarfs Remnants of Binary Evolution in Globular Clusters....Pages 275-278
Eclipsing Binary MS Pulsar PSR J1740–5340: Pre-He White DWARF + MS Pulsar System?....Pages 279-282
They’re Hot, Hot, Hot....Pages 283-286
Gravitational Waves from the Merging of White Dwarfs....Pages 287-290
The am CVN Systems — And their White Dwarfs....Pages 291-294
The Properties of Non-Magnetic White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables....Pages 295-298
White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables: HST Results on GW LIB And Gleanings from SDSS Provide Insight on the Effects of Accretion....Pages 299-302
Internal Conditions of Accreting White Dwarfs....Pages 303-308
White Dwarfs in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables....Pages 309-312
The White Dwarfs in the Intermediate Polars....Pages 313-316
Principal Components of Variability of the Accretion Structures Near White Dwarfs....Pages 317-320
Imaging Planets Around White Dwarfs....Pages 321-324
Rapid Photometric Changes in the Temporal Spectra of the PNN NGC 246....Pages 325-328
The Search for Planets Around Pulsating White Dwarf Stars....Pages 329-332
Variations of the Outburst Characteristics of the Dwarf Nova Ru Peg....Pages 333-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-338
Far-Uv Observations of Sirius-Like Binaries....Pages 339-340
An Improved Visual and Photographic Orbit for Sirius....Pages 273-273
Modeling the Irradiated Atmospheres of Unevolved Companions in Precataclysmic Binaries (PCB)....Pages 341-342
Seven Years Photopolarimetry of the AM Herculis System V834 Centauri....Pages 343-344
HS1136+6646: A Hot DA0.5+K6V Young Post-CE Pre CV Binary....Pages 345-346
White Dwarf Colors in Low Accretion Rate Binaries....Pages 347-348
Mass of White Dwarf in T CRB and Variability of Accretion Disk....Pages 349-350
Similarity of Emission Lines of Accreting White Dwarfs and Quasars....Pages 351-352
Calculating Spectra of Accretion Disks in AM CVN Systems....Pages 353-354
Constraints on AM CVn Formation Channels from Modelling the Composition of their Discs....Pages 355-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-358
The Population of Halo White Dwarfs....Pages 359-360
A Distant White Dwarf Population in the 2QZ and Sloan Surveys....Pages 361-361
White Dwarfs from the Hamburg Quasar Survey....Pages 363-366
The Calan-Eso Survey: White Dwarfs....Pages 367-370
3D Kinematics of White Dwarfs from the SPY Project....Pages 371-374
Search for Ancient Cool White Dwarfs Using GSC2 Material....Pages 375-377
Hidden SD/WD Stars Among the Faust UV Sources Toward Ophiuchus....Pages 379-382
Unusual White Dwarfs Found in the Sloan Digital SKY Survey....Pages 383-384
Identification of Cool White Dwarfs in the Noao Deep Wide-Field Survey....Pages 385-386
White Dwarf Stars in the Sloan Digital SKY Survey: Photometry....Pages 387-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-390
White Dwarfs In The Sloan Digital SKY Survey: Spectroscopy....Pages 391-392
The Nature of High Velocity White Dwarfs....Pages 361-361
Search for White Dwarfs in the Capodimonte Deep Field....Pages 393-394
A Lower Limit to the Age of The Galaxy from the White Dwarf Luminosity Function....Pages 395-396
The White Dwarf Population Accessible to GAIA....Pages 397-398
Front Matter....Pages 399-400
The Apex High Resolution EUV Spectroscopic Explorer....Pages 401-402
The World Space Observatory....Pages 403-403
The VLT Survey Telescope: an Efficient Facility for the Study of the WD Luminosity Function....Pages 405-406
New Wine, new Vintages, and Limoncello: Conference Summary....Pages 407-408
Back Matter....Pages 409-410
....Pages 411-416
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