The properties of cool DZ white dwarfs

Over the last few decades it has become clear that metals present within the atmospheres of more than one quarter of white dwarfs signify recent accretion of minor bodies from their planetary systems. Spectral analysis of these metal-polluted white dwarfs allows determination of the accreted body co...

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Main Author: Hollands, Mark A.
Published: University of Warwick 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.742192