White Dwarfs: Cosmological and Galactic Probes [Paperback]

Halo White Dwarfs and Galactic Structure.- Old Ultracool White Dwarfs as Cosmological Probes.- Number Counts of White Dwarfs: The Impact of GAIA.- Influence of Metallicity in the Determination of the Age of Halo White Dwarfs.- Cool Halo White Dwarfs from GSCII.- Dark Halo Baryons not in Ancient White Dwarfs?.- The White Dwarf Population in the 2QZ and Sloan Surveys.- White Dwarfs and Cataclysmic Variables in the FBS.- Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of White Dwarfs in Globular Clusters.- The Core/Envelope Symmetry in Pulsating White Dwarf Stars.- A Search for Variability in Cool White Dwarf Stars.- Study of the Galactic Bulge Using New Planetary Nebulae Discovered on the AAO/UKST H? Survey.- Type Ia Supernovae.- Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology.- The Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae.- Surveys for Double Degenerate Progenitors of Supernovae Type Ia.- Population Synthesis for Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae.- How Far Can We Trust Type Ia Supernovae as Standard Candles?.- Kirshner on White Dwarfs, Supernovae, and Cosmology.- Cataclysmic Variables and White Dwarf Accretion.- Accretion in Cataclysmic Variable Stars.- White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables: Probes of Accretion History.- Intermediate Polars in Low States.- Chemical Abundances of White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables.- AM CVn Stars in the UCT CCD CV Survey.- Photometric Observations of Cataclysmic Variables with the 1.5-m Telescope at the T?BITAK National Observatory (TUG): V2275 Cyg, RW UMi, PX And and FO Per.- The Possible Identification of Two Hibernating Novae.- Evidence for Large Superhumps in TX Col and V4742 Sgr.- Concluding Remarks.- Understanding the Ultimate Fate of the Universe.

Edward M. Sion, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Villanova University, Former Scientific Editor, The Astrophysical Journal, author or co-author of over 400 scientific publications on white dwarfs and cataclysmic variable stars, co-author of the Catalogue of Spectroscopically Identified White Dl#.