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We present the results of a study of white dwarfs (WD) in wide binaries that have comparable space motions to the Oppenheimer et al. (2001), (hereafter OHDHS) WDs. These WDs have M dwarf (dM) companions from which we determine the full space motions of the WDs.
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Oppenheimer, B. et al. 2001a, Science, 292, 698
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Silvestri, N.M., Oswalt, T.D., Hawley, S.L. (2003). The Nature of High Velocity White Dwarfs. In: de Martino, D., Silvotti, R., Solheim, JE., Kalytis, R. (eds) White Dwarfs. NATO Science Series, vol 105. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0215-8_122
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