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astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited
Three-component Phase Separation for Ultramassive White Dwarf Models
Matias Castro-Tapia, Andrew Cumming
We investigate phase separation in oxygen-neon (O/Ne) ultramassive white dwarfs (UMWDs). Current stellar evolution codes, such as MESA, only account for s…
astro-ph.SR2020★ 42 cited
Neon Cluster Formation and Phase Separation During White Dwarf Cooling
M. E. Caplan, C. J. Horowitz, A. Cumming
Recent observations of Galactic white dwarfs (WDs) with Gaia suggest there is a population of massive crystallizing WDs exhibiting anomalous cooling -- the Q branch. While single-p…