Core crystallization and pile-up in the cooling sequence of evolving white dwarfs

Core crystallization and pile-up in the cooling sequence of evolving white dwarfs

Core crystallization and pile-up in the cooling sequence of evolving white dwarfs, Published online: 09 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0791-x

Photometry and parallax data from the Gaia satellite provide direct observational evidence of a theoretically predicted pile-up in the cooling sequence of white dwarfs, which is associated with core crystallization.

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