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White Dwarfs

White Dwarf is a stellar remnant constituting the final evolutionary state of low- to intermediate-mass stars, distinguished by its high density, electron-degenerate core, and lack of active nuclear fusion.

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The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.

E. E. Salpeter · The Astrophysical Journal · 1955 · 8.7K citations

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A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary

John Antoniadis, P. C. C. Freire, Norbert Wex et al. · Science · 2013 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS

Bill Paxton, Matteo Cantiello, Phil Arras et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2013 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): BINARIES, PULSATIONS, AND EXPLOSIONS

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2015 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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MESA ISOCHRONES AND STELLAR TRACKS (MIST). I. SOLAR-SCALED MODELS

Jieun Choi, Aaron Dotter, Charlie Conroy et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2016 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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  1. BT
    B. T. Gänsicke

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    285 publications · 17.5K citations

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  2. DK
    D. Koester

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    189 publications · 12.4K citations

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  3. TR
    T. R. Marsh

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    168 publications · 14.8K citations

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  4. PB
    P. Bergeron

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    131 publications · 11.6K citations

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  5. JL
    James Liebert

    University of Arizona, United States

    119 publications · 9K citations

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  1. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    88 h-index

    1.3K publications

    80.4K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    83 h-index

    535 publications

    60.7K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    81 h-index

    509 publications

    57.6K citations

  4. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    81 h-index

    634 publications

    68K citations

  5. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    79 h-index

    736 publications

    47K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    76 h-index

    867 publications

    60K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    75 h-index

    834 publications

    58.9K citations

  8. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    74 h-index

    587 publications

    34.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 2.6K publications · 192.7K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    1.7K publications · 86.5K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    746 publications · 38.9K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 349 publications · 17.6K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    125 publications · 31.3K citations

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