The wide-binary fraction of white dwarfs declines steeply with white dwarf mass and their eccentricities are abnormally low, modeled as evidence that mass-loss timescales shorten sharply for high-mass stars.
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White dwarfs in wide binaries: the strong effects of stellar evolution and mass loss
The wide-binary fraction of white dwarfs declines steeply with white dwarf mass and their eccentricities are abnormally low, modeled as evidence that mass-loss timescales shorten sharply for high-mass stars.