White dwarf stars: cosmic chronometers and dark matter probes

CASSISI, Santi

doi:10.1088/1402-4896/aaaef4

White dwarf stars: cosmic chronometers and dark matter probes

Journal

PHYSICA SCRIPTA

Date Issued

2018

Author(s)

Salaris, Maurizio

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CASSISI, Santi

DOI

10.1088/1402-4896/aaaef4

Abstract

White dwarfs (WD) are the endpoint of the evolution of the large majority of stars formed in our galaxy. In the last two decades observations and theory have improved to a level that makes it possible to employ WD for determining ages of the stellar populations in the disk of the Milky Way and in the nearest star clusters, and constrain the existence and properties of dark matter (DM) candidates. This review is centred on WD models, age-dating, and DM identification methods, recent results and future developments of the field.

Volume

93

Issue

4

Start page

044002

Uri

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/27728

Url

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/aaaef4

Issn Identifier

0031-8949

Ads BibCode

2018PhyS...93d4002S

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open.access

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