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Carbon in the Envelopes of White Dwarfs
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | D’Antona, Francesca |
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Description | Current theory of stellar evolution predicts that stars of initial masses up to 4-6 $M_{⊙}$ evolve into Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarfs surrounded by a Helium envelope and, possibly, by a Hydrogen envelope. It also predicts that the mass of the Helium envelope which remains on the star at the end of its double shell burning evolution is a function of the Carbon-Oxygen core mass (Paczynski 1975). It can be shown that this mass can be reduced – but only slightly – during the following evolution of the star towards the White Dwarf region, either by nuclear burning or by mass loss (D’Antona and Mazzitelli 1979). During the White Dwarf stage, Helium convection grows into White Dwarfs having Helium atmospheres. The maximum extension of Helium convective mass is a function of the mass of the star (Fontaine and Van Horn 1976; D’Antona and Mazzitelli 1975,1979). It turns out that the Helium envelope remnant mass is always at least three orders of magnitude larger than the maximum Helium convective mass, whatever the mass of the star may be. This statement is unlikely to be changed by refinements either in the theory of double shell burning or in the theory of White Dwarf envelope convection. |
| Related Links | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/229268BA7B7E59A065F908E2F1E8065E/S0252921100075928a.pdf/div-class-title-carbon-in-the-envelopes-of-white-dwarfs-div.pdf |
| Ending Page | 191 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 188 |
| ISSN | 02529211 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0252921100075928 |
| Journal | International Astronomical Union Colloquium |
| Volume Number | 53 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 1979-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Astronomical Union Colloquium Astronomy and Astrophysics White Dwarfs |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
