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Diffusion in White Dwarfs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Extract
Two decades ago it was realized (Schatzman, 1958) that metals should be rapidly removed from the atmospheres of white dwarfs by diffusion through the steep pressure gradients present. Yet metals are observed. Their presence thus prompts us to consider the diffusion process in greater detail and to seek mechanisms which might deposit metals in WD atmospheres.
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- Colloquium Session III
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 53: White Dwarfs and Variable Degenerate Stars , August 1979 , pp. 197 - 201
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- Copyright © The University of Rochester 1979