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SUMMARY:White dwarfs as tracers of cosmic\, galactic\, stellar &amp\; plan
 etary evolution - Boris Gaensicke (Warwick)
DTSTART:20180222T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:All stars with masses ~< 10M_sun will end their lives as white
 \ndwarfs: Earth-sized\, burnt-out stellar embers sustained by\nelectron de
 generacy. The steep slope of the stellar initial mass\nfunction implies th
 at the overwhelming majority of all stars born\nin the Galaxy will evolve\
 , or already have evolved\, into white\ndwarfs.\n\nThe study of these stel
 lar remnants links into a wide range of\nastrophysical topics\, including 
 the pathways towards supernova\ntype Ia\, the galactic star formation hist
 ory\, stellar mass loss\,\nand the bulk composition of exo-planets. I will
  review the\nenormous progress in this research field that has been driven
  by\nlarge-scale surveys and new state-of-the art instrumentation\, and\np
 rovide an outlook on the scientific potential of ongoing and\nfuture proje
 cts including Gaia\, DESI\, SDSS-V\, and LSST.\n
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm)
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