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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 1(679), p. L29-L32, 2008

DOI: 10.1086/589151

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The Puzzling White Dwarf Cooling Sequence in NGC 6791: A Simple Solution

Journal article published in 2008 by L. R. Bedin ORCID, M. Salaris, G. Piotto ORCID, S. Cassisi ORCID, A. P. Milone ORCID, J. Anderson, and I. R. King
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Abstract

In this Letter we demonstrate that the puzzling bright peak in the luminosity function of the white dwarf (WD) cooling sequence of NGC 6791 can be naturally accounted for if ~34% of the observed WDs are WD+WD binary systems. Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.