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Table 3

Average initial and final masses from cluster white dwarfs, based on data in Casewell et al. (2009); McDonald et al. (2011); Dobbie et al. (2012).

Cluster Mf δ Mf Mi δ Mi

N6819 0.54 0.01 1.61 +0.1 0.1
N7789 0.61 0.02 2.02 +0.1 0.1
N6791 0.53 0.01 1.16 +0.1 0.1
N2168 0.89 0.02 4.34 +0.2 0.2
N2516 0.95 0.02 5.24 +0.5 0.5
N6633 0.81 0.05 3.14 +0.2 0.2
Sirius B 1.00 0.02 5.06 +0.4 0.3
Praesepe 0.76 0.04 3.37 +0.2 0.2
Hyades 0.69 0.02 2.75 +0.2 0.2
Omega Cen 0.53 0.03 0.83 +0.05 0.05

Notes. Minimum uncertainties on the initial mass are taken as 0.2 M or 0.1 M for masses of ≲ 2 M (apart for omega Cen); otherwise, the uncertainties are estimated from the scatter between individual stars in the cluster.

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