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astro-ph.SR2012★ 1 cited
A public database for white dwarf asteroseismology with fully evolutionary models: I. Chemical profiles and pulsation periods of ZZ Ceti (DAV) stars
Alejandra D. Romero, Alejandro H. Córsico, Leandro G. Althaus +1
We present a large bank of chemical profiles and pulsation periods suited for asteroseismological studies of ZZ Ceti (or DAV) variable stars. Our background equilibrium DA white dw…
astro-ph.SR2012★ 13 cited
White dwarfs as physics laboratories: the case of axions
J. Isern, L. Althaus, S. Catalan +4
White dwarfs are almost completely degenerate objects that cannot obtain energy from thermonuclear sources, so their evolution is just a gravothermal cooling process. Recent improv…