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Saumon, Didier, Blouin, Simon and Tremblay, Pier-Emmanuel (2022) Current challenges in the physics of white dwarf stars. Physics Reports- Review section of Physics Letters, 988 . pp. 1-63. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2022.09.001 ISSN 0370-1573.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2022.09.001
Abstract
White dwarfs are a class of stars with unique physical properties. They present many challenging problems whose solution requires advanced theories of dense matter, state-of-the-art experimental techniques, and extensive computing efforts. New ground- and space-based observatories will soon provide an increasingly detailed view of white dwarf stars and reveal new phenomena that will challenge our models. This review is an introduction to the nature of white dwarfs, the physical processes that determine their structure and evolution, and the physical conditions they span. We discuss a wide variety of currently unsolved or partially resolved problems in their constitutive physics that are broadly related to equations of state, transport processes and opacities.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | White dwarf stars , Plasma (Ionized gases), High-density plasmas, Equations of state, Phase diagrams, Chemical equilibrium, Opacity (Optics), Thermal conductivity , Convection (Astrophysics) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Physics Reports- Review section of Physics Letters | |||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0370-1573 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Official Date: | 19 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 988 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.physrep.2022.09.001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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