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arxiv: 0812.3729 · v1 · submitted 2008-12-19 · 🌌 astro-ph

C/O white dwarfs of very low mass: 0.33-0.5 Mo

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The standard lower limit for the mass of white dwarfs (WDs) with a C/O core is roughly 0.5 Mo. In the present work we investigated the possibility to form C/O WDs with mass as low as 0.33 Mo. Both the pre-WD and the cooling evolution of such nonstandard models will be described.

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