2008MNRAS.387.1693C -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 387, 1693-1706 (2008/July-2)
The initial-final mass relationship of white dwarfs revisited: effect on the luminosity function and mass distribution.
CATALAN S., ISERN J., GARCIA-BERRO E. and RIBAS I.
Abstract (from CDS):
The initial-final mass relationship connects the mass of a white dwarf with the mass of its progenitor in the main sequence. Although this function is of fundamental importance to several fields in modern astrophysics, it is not well constrained either from the theoretical or from the observational points of view. In this work, we revise the present semi-empirical initial-final mass relationship by re-evaluating the available data. The distribution obtained from grouping all our results presents a considerable dispersion, which is larger than the uncertainties. We have carried out a weighted least-squares linear fit of these data and a careful analysis to give some clues on the dependence of this relationship on some parameters such as metallicity or rotation. The semi-empirical initial-final mass relationship arising from our study covers the range of initial masses from 1.0 to 6.5M☉, including in this way the low-mass domain, poorly studied until recently. Finally, we have also performed a test of the initial-final mass relationship by studying its effect on the luminosity function and on the mass distribution of white dwarfs. This was done by using different initial-final mass relationships from the literature, including the expression derived in this work, and comparing the results obtained with the observational data from the Palomar Green Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We find that the semi-empirical initial-final mass relationship derived here gives results in good agreement with the observational data, especially in the case of the white dwarf mass distribution.
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© 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 RAS
Journal keyword(s):
stars: evolution - stars: luminosity function, mass function - white dwarfs - open clusters and associations: general
CDS comments:
In Chap 3.3.3 : WD 0413-017 is a misprint for WD 0413-077
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