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astro-ph2006
The Mass Distribution of White Dwarfs: An Unwavering Obsession
P. Bergeron, A. Gianninas, S. Boudreault
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, trigonometr…
astro-ph2005
Comparison of White Dwarf Mass Determinations
S. Boudreault, P. Bergeron
White dwarf masses can be determined in several ways. Here we compare masses obtained from Balmer line spectroscopy with those derived from trigonometric parallax measurements for…