Recent observations with the Gaia satellite have confirmed that the cores of cooling white dwarf stars undergo crystallization, as predicted half a century ago.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles
$119.00 per year
only $9.92 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
reproduced from ref.1, Springer Nature Ltd.
References
Tremblay, P.-E. et al. Nature 565, 202–205 (2019).
Marshak, R. E. Astrophys, J. 92, 321–353 (1940).
Mestel, L. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 112, 583–597 (1952).
Weidemann, V. Z. Astrophys. 67, 286–305 (1967).
Winget, D. E. et al. Astrophys. J. 315, L77–L81 (1987).
Richer, H. B. et al. Astrophys. J. 451, L17–L20 (1995).
Garcia-Berro, E., Hernanz, M., Mochkovitch, R. & Isern, J. Astron. Astrophys. 193, 141–147 (1988).
Brush, S. G., Sahlin, H. L. & Teller, E. J. Chem. Phys. 45, 2102–2118 (1966).
Van Horn, H. M. Astrophys. J. 151, 227–238 (1968).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Van Horn, H.M. The crystallization of white dwarf stars. Nat Astron 3, 129–130 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0695-1
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0695-1
