Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society (한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보))
- 2004.04a
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- Pages.24-24
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- 2004
Photometric Properties of White Dwarf Dominated Halos
- Lee, Hyeon-Cheol (Center for Space Astrophysics, Yonsei University) ;
- Brad K. Gibson (Swinburne University, Australi) ;
- Yeshe Fenner (Swinburne University, Australi) ;
- Chris B. Brook (Swinburne University, Australi) ;
- Daisuke Kawata (Swinburne University, Australi) ;
- Agostino Renda (Swinburne University, Australi) ;
- Janne Holopainen (Tuorla Observatory, Finlan) ;
- Chris Flynn (Tuorla Observatory, Finland)
- Published : 2004.04.01
Abstract
Using stellar population synthesis techniques, we explore the photometric signatures of white dwarf progenitor dominated galactic halos, in order to constrain the fraction of halo mass that may be locked-up in white dwarf stellar remnants. We first construct a 10^9 M_sun stellar halo using the canonical Salpeter initial stellar mass distribution, and then allow for an additional component of low-and intermediate-mass stars, which ultimately give rise to white dwarf remnants. (omitted)
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