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... white dwarf star , can find a permanent refuge from the gravitational straitjacket . White dwarf stars cool , radiating away their internal heat but not shrinking . This configuration is the final resting place of low - mass stars ...
... white dwarf star , can find a permanent refuge from the gravitational straitjacket . White dwarf stars cool , radiating away their internal heat but not shrinking . This configuration is the final resting place of low - mass stars ...
Page 522
... white dwarf is established as a member . The ionizing source appears to be an accretion disk about the companion star , fed by a stellar wind and per- haps gas streams in the system . Radio and opti- cal jets have been observed ...
... white dwarf is established as a member . The ionizing source appears to be an accretion disk about the companion star , fed by a stellar wind and per- haps gas streams in the system . Radio and opti- cal jets have been observed ...
Page 526
... dwarf novae , and Algols , ensures that work will continue on this important physical process . Disk formation is also different in different types of systems . The gravitational potential for a white dwarf is lower , so the circulation ...
... dwarf novae , and Algols , ensures that work will continue on this important physical process . Disk formation is also different in different types of systems . The gravitational potential for a white dwarf is lower , so the circulation ...
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Guide to Using the Encyclopedia ix Atomic Physics | 339 |
Approximations and Expansions 1 Atomic Spectrometry | 357 |
Archaeological Geology 31 Atomic Spectroscopy | 381 |
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