DISCOVERY OF A LUMINOUS WHITE-DWARF IN A YOUNG STAR CLUSTER IN THE LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD

Authors
ELSON RAW SIGURDSSON S HURLEY J DAVIES MB GILMORE GF
Citation
Raw. Elson et al., DISCOVERY OF A LUMINOUS WHITE-DWARF IN A YOUNG STAR CLUSTER IN THE LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD, The Astrophysical journal, 499(1), 1998, pp. 53-56
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
499
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Pages
53 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1998)499:1<53:DOALWI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We have identified a candidate similar to 1-2 x 10(5) Yr Old luminous white dwarf in NGC 1818, a young star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This discovery strongly constrains the boundary mass M-c at whi ch stars stop forming neutron stars and start forming white dwarfs, to M-c greater than or similar to 7.6 M..