Hostname: page-component-6bf8c574d5-9nwgx Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-22T02:50:00.761Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

White Dwarfs in Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G.G. Fahlman  and
H.B. Richer
G.G. Fahlman
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics and Astronomy,University of British Columbia
H.B. Richer
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics and Astronomy,University of British Columbia

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Surrounding the galaxy,with an aloofness appropriate to their great age,the globular clusters have played a starry role in the development of much of modern astronomy. In particular,they continue to be vital laboratories for testing our ideas of stellar evolution (Renzini and Fusi Pecci 1988). Through the study of cluster color-magnitude diagrams (CMD’s),all the major phases in the life of a common low mass star can be traced,save one. The final sequence, the locus of cooling white dwarfs, remains unexplored. We are forced to glean our knowledge of this evolutionary phase from the study of a heterogeneous sample of relatively nearby stars. Although remarkable progress has been made, the prospect of observing white dwarfs in globular clusters offers the potential for new insights into old problems; e.g., the DA/DB dichotomy, and perhaps a resolution of some of the outstanding issues connected with the clusters themselves.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 114: White Dwarfs , 1989 , pp. 416 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

References

Adams, S., Seaton, M.J., Howarth, I.D., Auriere, M. and Walsh, J.R. 1984, M.N.R.A.S. 207, 471.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bailyn, C.D., Grindlay, J.E., Cohn, H. and Lugger, P.M. 1988, ‘The Harlow Shapely Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies’, eds. Grindlay, J.E. and Philip, A.G.D. (Dordrecht:Reidel), p. 679.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Buonanno, R., Corsi, C.E. and Fusi Pecci, F. 1985, Astr. Ap. 145, 97.Google Scholar
Buzzoni, A., Fusi Pecci, F., Buonanno, R. and Corsi, C.E. 1985, Astr. Ap. 128, 94 Google Scholar
Caloi, V. et al 1986, M.N.R.A.S. 222, 55 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chan, E. and Richer, H.B. 1986, Ap. J. 302, 257 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Clegg, R.S. 1987, ‘Stellar Evolution and Dynamics in the Outer Halo of the Galaxy’, eds. Azzopardi, M. and Matteucci, F. (ESO), p. 543.Google Scholar
Crocker, D.A., Rood, R.T. and O’Connell, R.W. 1986, Ap.J. (Lett), 309, 23.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
de Boer, K.S. 1985, Astr. Ap. 142, 321 Google Scholar
Downes, R.A. 1986, Ap.J. Suppl. 61, 569 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Drilling, J.S. 1983, Ap.J. (Lett), 270, L13.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Drukier, G.A., Fahlman, G.G., Richer, H.B. and VandenBerg, D.A. 1988, A.J. 95, 1415.Google Scholar
Elson, R., Hut, P. and Inagaki, S. 1987, Ann. Rev. Astr. Ap. 25, 565.Google Scholar
Fusi Pecci, F. 1986, ‘ Spectroscopic and Photometric Classification of Population II Stars’, ed. Philip, A.G.D. (Schenectady: L. Davis Press), p. 83.Google Scholar
Green, R.F. 1980, Ap.J. 238, 685.Google Scholar
Green, R.F., Schmidt, M. and Liebert, J. 1986, Ap.J. Suppl. 86, 305 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Greenstein, J. 1988, P.A.S.P. 100, 82 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Heap, S. and Augensen, H.J. 1987, Ap.J. 313, 268 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Heber, U., Kruditzki, R.P., Caloi, V., Castellani, V. and Danziger, J. 1987, ’Stellar Evolution and Dynamics in the Outer Halo of the Galaxy’, eds. Azzopardi, M. and Matteucci, F. (ESO), p. 407.Google Scholar
Hesser, J.E. et al 1987, P.A.S.P. 99, 739 Google Scholar
Hertz, P. and Grindlay, J.E. 1983, Ap.J. 275, 105 Google Scholar
Hertz, P. and Wood, K.S. 1985, Ap.J. 290, 171.Google Scholar
Iben, I. Jr. and Renzini, A. 1983, Ann. Rev. Astr. Ap. 21, 271.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Iben, I. Jr. and Tutukov, A.V. 1986, Ap.J. 311, 742 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Illingworth, G. 1976, Ap.J. 204, 73 Google Scholar
King, I. 1966, A.J. 71, 64 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Krolik, J.H. 1984, Ap.J. 282, 452.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lee, S.W. 1977a, Astr. Ap. Suppl. 22, 367 Google Scholar
Lee, S.W. 1977b, Astr. Ap. Suppl. 27, 381 Google Scholar
Lee, S.W. 1977c, Astr. Ap. Suppl. 28, 409.Google Scholar
Lee, Y.-W., Demarque, P. and Zinn, R.J. 1988, ‘Second Conference on Faint Blue Stars’, ed. Philip, A.G.D. (Schenectady: L. Davis Press).Google Scholar
Margon, B. and Bolte, M. 1988, Ap. J. (Lett) 321, 61.Google Scholar
Margon, B. and Downes, R.A. 1983, Ap. J. (Lett) 274, 31.Google Scholar
Margon, B., Downes, R.A. and Gunn, J.E. 1981, Ap. J. (Lett) 242, 89.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McClure, R.D. et al 1986, Ap. J. (Lett) 307, 49.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mendez, R.H., Groth, H.G., Husfeld, D., Kudritzki, R.P. and Herrero, A. 1988, Astr. Ap. 192, 172.Google Scholar
Meylan, G. 1987, ‘Stellar Evolution and Dynamics in the Outer Halo of the Galaxy’, eds. Azzopardi, M. and Matteucci, F. (ESO), p. 665.Google Scholar
Meylan, G. 1988, Astr. Ap. 191, 215.Google Scholar
Murphy, B.W. and Cohn, H. 1988, M.N.R.A.S. 232, 835 Google Scholar
Nemec, J.N. and Harris, H.C. 1987, Ap.J. 316, 172 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ortolani, S. and Rosino, L. 1987, Astr. AP. 185, 102 Google Scholar
Peterson, R.C. and Latham, D.W. 1986, Ap. J. 305, 645.Google Scholar
Pryor, C., Smith, G.H., McClure, R.D. 1986, A.J. 92, 1358.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pryor, C., McClure, R.D., Fletcher, J.M., and Hesser, J.E. 1988, ‘The Harlow Shapely Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies’, eds. Grindlay, J.E. and Philip, A.G.D. (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 661.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Renzini, A. 1977, ‘Advanced Stages Of Stellar Evolution’, eds. Bouvier, P. and Maeder, A. (Geneva Obs.), p. 149.Google Scholar
Renzini, A. 1985a, Astronomy Express 1, 177.Google Scholar
Renzini, A. 1985b, ‘Horizontal Branch and UV-Bright Stars’, ed. Philip, A.G.D. (Schenectady: L. Davis Press), p. 19.Google Scholar
Renzini, A. 1988, ‘The Harlow Shapely Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies’, eds. Grindlay, J.E. and Philip, A.G.D. (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 443.Google Scholar
Renzini, A., and Buzzoni, A. 1986, ‘Spectral Evolution of Galaxies’, ed. Chiosi, C. and Renzini, A. (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 135.Google Scholar
Renzini, A., and Fusi Peci, F. 1988, Ann. Rev. Astr. Ap. 26.Google Scholar
Richer, H.B. 1978, Ap.J.(Lett) 224, 9.Google Scholar
Richer, H.B. and Fahlman, G.G. 1988a, Ap.J. 325, 218 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Richer, H.B. and Fahlman, G.G. 1988b, Ap. J., in press.Google Scholar
Richer, H.B., Fahlman, G.G. and VandenBerg, D.A. 1988, Ap.J. 329, 187.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schönberner, D. 1983, Ap.J. 222, 708.Google Scholar
Schönberner, D. 1987, ‘Stellar Evolution and Dynamics in the Outer Halo of the Galaxy’, eds. Azzopardi, M. and Matteucci, F. (ESO), p. 519.Google Scholar
Schönberner, D. and Drilling, J.S. 1984, Ap.J. 228, 702.Google Scholar
Shara, M., Moffat, A.F.J., Potter, M., Hogg, H.S. and Whelau, A 1986, Ap.J. 311, 796 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Trimble, V. 1980, ‘Star Clusters’, ed. Hesser, J.E. (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 259.Google Scholar
VandenBerg, D.A. and Bell, R.A. 1985, Ap.J. Suppl. 51, 561 Google Scholar
Webbink, R.F. 1985, ‘Dynamics of Star Clusters’, eds. Goodman, J. and Hut, P. (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 541.Google Scholar
Weidemann, V. 1984, Astr. Ap. 134, L1.Google Scholar
Weidemann, V. 1987, ‘Late Stages of Stellar Evolution’, eds. Kwok, S. and Pottasch, S.R. (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 347. Google Scholar
Weidemann, V. and Koester, D. 1983, Ast. Ap. 121, 77.Google Scholar