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Table 2

Frequency of polarimetrically non-variable stars among normal-mass white dwarfs (M ≤ 1 M).

τ ≤ 2 Gyr τ > 2 Gyr
(‘young stars’) (‘old stars’)
〈|B|〉 ≤ 1 MG (‘weak fields’) 13 ± 9% (2/15) 11 ± 10% (1/9)
1 MG ≤ 〈|B|〉 ≤ 10 MG 0 % (0/4) 50 ± 18% (4/8)
〈|B|〉 ≥ 10 MG (‘strong fields’) 25 ± 15% (2/8) 94 ± 6% (16/17)

Notes. Between brackets, the table also gives the number of non-variable stars NK divided by the number of stars Ntot in the subset as defined by the age and field values.

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