The Mass Distribution of White Dwarfs: An Unwavering Obsession
arXiv:astro-ph/0611904
Abstract
We discuss some of our current knowledge of the mass distribution of DA and non-DA stars using various methods for measuring white dwarf masses including spectroscopic, trigonometric parallax, and gravitational redshift measurements, with a particular emphasis on the problems encountered at the low end of the cooling sequence where energy transport by convection becomes important.
6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the ASP Conference Series for the 15th European White Dwarf Workshop