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Paper: White Dwarf Mass Distribution
Volume: 509, 20th European Workshop on White Dwarfs (EuroWD16)
Page: 421
Authors: Kepler, S. O.; Koester, D.; Romero, A. D.; Ourique, G.; Pelisoli, I.
Abstract: We present the mass distribution for all S/N ≥ 15 DA white dwarfs detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey up to Data Release 12 in 2015, fitted with Koester models for ML2/α=0.8 (Teff≥ 10000 K), and for DBs with S/N ≥ 10, fitted with ML2/α=1.25, for Teff>16 000 K. These mass distributions are for logg≥6.5 stars, i.e., excluding the Extremely Low Mass white dwarfs. We also present the mass distributions corrected by volume with the 1/Vmax approach, for stars brighter than g=19. Both distributions have a maximum at M=0.624 M but very distinct shapes.
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