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White dwarf spins from low-mass stellar evolution models

M. P. L. Suijs, N. Langer, A. J. T. Poelarends, Sung-Chul Yoon, Alexander Heger, Falk Herwig

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2008 · 151 citations · 43 references

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Abstract

Context. The prediction of the spins of the compact remnants is a fundamental goal of the theory of stellar evolution.

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