Two delays in white dwarf evolution revealed by Gaia
arXiv:2001.04483 · doi:10.1017/S1743921320000460
Abstract
By comparing two age indicators of high-mass white dwarfs derived from Gaia data, two discoveries have been made recently: one is the existence of a cooling anomaly that produces the Q branch structure on the Hertzsprung--Russell diagram, the other is the existence of double-white-dwarf merger products. The former poses a challenge for white dwarf cooling models, and the latter has implications on binary evolution and type-Ia supernovae.
arXiv comment4 pages, 2 figures; contributed to the Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 357, "White Dwarfs as Probes of Fundamental Physics and Tracers of Planetary, Stellar, and Galactic Evolution," held in Hilo, Hawaii, 21-25 October 2019
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