Evolutionary Calculations of Phase Separation in Crystallizing White Dwarf Stars
Evolutionary Calculations of Phase Separation in Crystallizing White Dwarf Stars
We present an exploration of the significance of carbon/oxygen phase separation in white dwarf stars in the context of self-consistent evolutionary calculations. Because phase separation can potentially increase the calculated ages of the oldest white dwarfs, it can affect the age of the Galactic disk as derived from the downturn …