Kavli Affiliate: Andrew Vanderburg | First 5 Authors: Alexander Venner, Simon Blouin, Antoine Bédard, Andrew Vanderburg, | Summary: The observational signature of core crystallization of white dwarfs has recently been discovered. However, the magnitude of the crystallization-powered cooling delay required to match observed white dwarfs is larger than predicted by conventional models, requiring additional mechanisms […]
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