White dwarfs and the ages of stellar populations
Our group has developed a Bayesian modeling technique to determine the ages of stellar populations (in particular, open and globular clusters) using white dwarf (WD) cooling physics. As the theory of WD cooling is both simpler than, and essentially independent of, main sequence evolutionary theory,...
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Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-441 |