Diffusion time scales in white dwarfs

• 1 August 1979
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 231, 826-840
• https://doi.org/10.1086/157247

Abstract

Keywords

• ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION
• CONVECTIVE FLOW
• STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
• STELLAR ENVELOPES
• THERMAL DIFFUSION
• WHITE DWARF STARS
• CARBON
• GASEOUS DIFFUSION
• HELIUM
• HYDROGEN
• TIME DEPENDENCE