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SSSPM J1549$-$3544 Is Not a White Dwarf

Astrophysics 2013-10-14 v1
Authors: J. Farihi , P. R. Wood , B. Stalder
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Abstract

Spectroscopy and photometry demonstrate that SSSPM J1549−-3544 is not a cool white dwarf but a high velocity metal-poor halo star.

Keywords

SSSPM J1549-3544 white dwarf halo star spectroscopy photometry metal-poor star

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0505525,
  title  = {SSSPM J1549$-$3544 Is Not a White Dwarf},
  author = {J. Farihi and P. R. Wood and B. Stalder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0505525},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

8 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, accepted to ApJ Letters

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