The Initial-Final Mass Relation For White Dwarfs and Their Progenitors: The Number-Mass Distribution of White Dwarfs

Authors: Cemal AYDIN, Sacit ÖZDEMİR, Oktay H. GUSEINOV, Mehmet Emin ÖZEL, S. O. TAGIEVA

Abstract: On the basis of available data on white dwarfs (WDs) in open clusters (OC) and on masses of field WDs, the initial-final mass relation has been constructed. We have analyzed the turn-off mass values of OCs and cooling times of WDs. Special attention was paid to the problems of asymptotic values of initial-final mass relation. We obtained the number-mass distribution of WDs in the limits of observed and theoretical uncertainties. It shows good agreement with the observed number-mass distributions published.

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