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astro-ph.SR2021★ 22 cited
Cooling Delays from Iron Sedimentation and Iron Inner Cores in White Dwarfs
M. E. Caplan, I. F. Freeman, C. J. Horowitz +2
Do white dwarfs have inner cores made of iron? Neutron rich nuclei like Fe experience a net gravitational force and sediment toward the core. Using new phase diagrams and mo…
astro-ph.SR2021★ 12 cited
Precise Diffusion Coefficients for White Dwarf Astrophysics
M. E. Caplan, I. F. Freeman
Observations of galactic white dwarfs with Gaia have allowed for unprecedented modeling of white dwarf cooling, resolving core crystallization and sedimentary heating from neutron…