Rotation of White Dwarf Stars

Abstract

I discuss and consider the status of observational determinations of the rotation velocities of white dwarf stars via asteroseismology and spectroscopy. While these observations have important implications on our understanding of the angular momentum evolution of stars in their late stages of evolution, more direct methods are sorely needed to disentangle ambiguities.

arXiv comment5 pages, 1, figure, to appear in the proceedings of the 19th European White Dwarf Workshop held August 11-15, 2014 in Montreal, Canada

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