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SUMMARY:Small Stars in Large Surveys - Large Surveys for Small Stars - Bor
 is Gänsicke (Warwick)
DTSTART:20130613T153000Z
DTEND:20130613T163000Z
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CONTACT:Jay Farihi
DESCRIPTION:All stars with masses less than roughly 10 Msun will end their
  lives as white dwarfs:\nEarth-sized\, burnt-out stellar embers sustained 
 by electron\ndegeneracy. The steep slope of the stellar initial mass funct
 ion\nimplies that the overwhelming majority of all stars born in the Galax
 y\nwill evolve\, or already have evolved\, into white dwarfs. The study of
 \nthese stellar remnants links into a wide range of astrophysical\nproblem
 s\, such as stellar mass loss\, the galactic star formation\nhistory\, the
  late evolution of planetary systems\, or supernova type Ia\nprogenitors. 
 I will provide an overview of the recent progress in\nthese research areas
 \, predominantly driven by SDSS\, and I will outline\nthe impact that futu
 re instruments such as GAIA\, 4MOST\, WEAVE\, or LSST\nwill have.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4:00 pm)
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