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The Internal Structure of White Dwarf Stars Using the Whole Earth Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

P.A. Bradley
P.A. Bradley*
Affiliation:
McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy, University of Texas

Abstract

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White dwarfs are the final end state for the majority of stars, and hold clues to help solve many current pressing astrophysical problems. We can perform asteroseismology on the pulsating white dwarfs to better understand their internal structure and input physics, paving the way to a better understanding of astrophysics, stellar evolution, and the history of our Galaxy. I describe briefly the potential of asteroseismology by using it to infer the internal structure of PG1159-035.

Type
Stellar Seismology
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 139: New Perspectives on Stellar Pulsation and Pulsating Variable Stars , 1993 , pp. 117 - 119
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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