white dwarf cooling track — An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

white dwarf cooling track

راه ِ سردش ِ سفیدکوتوله

râh-e sardeš-e sefid kutulé

Fr.: trajet de refroidissement de naine blanche

In the → Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, the evolutionary track followed by a → low-mass or an → intermediate-mass star when it can no longer produce thermonuclear energy. The track starts at the end of the → horizontal branch to lead the star to a → white dwarf phase.

See also: → white; → dwarf; → cooling; → track.

An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics