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Presently ∼ 65 magnetic white dwarfs (MWDs) are known covering a vast range of magnetic field strengths, effective temperatures, rotational periods, atmospheric abundances, and masses (Jordan 2001, Wickramasinghe and Ferrario 2000). The small size of this sample is a major obstacle for testing the current theories of the evolution of MWDs and of the origin of their fields. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS, York et al. 2000) provides a promising opportunity to significantly increase the number of known MWDs. Here we briefly present the first set of magnetic white dwarfs identified in the SDSS, a full discussion is given by Gänsicke et al. (2002).
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Gänsicke, B.T., Euchner, F., Jordan, S. (2003). Magnetic White Dwarfs in the SDSS. 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_59
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