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astro-ph2004
White Dwarfs in Open Clusters: Calibrating the Clock
T. von Hippel, D. E. Winget, W. H. Jefferys +1
We present an update of our on-going effort to improve the precision of white dwarf cosmochronology via careful analyses of white dwarf photometry in open clusters. To improve the…
astro-ph2004
The White Dwarf Luminosity Function: The Shape of Things to Come
T. von Hippel, M. Kilic, J. Munn +10
We describe a new survey for cool white dwarfs that supplements Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometry with USNO proper motions and follow-up spectroscopy. To date we have discovered…