Abstract
The progenitors of magnetic white dwarfs are believed to be magnetic Ap and Bp stars because the fields in these stars are structured and are present in the stellar core. As in Ap/Bp stars the magnetic fields in white dwarfs are, in most cases, dipolar or quadrupolar with various offsets. Although the present space density of Ap/Bp progenitors would be sufficient to account for the density of magnetic white dwarfs in young populations such as found in the Palomar-Green survey, we show that it would be insufficient to generate the density of known magnetic white dwarfs in the older solar neighborhood. Assuming magnetic flux conservation during the final stages of evolution, we find that Ap/Bp stars would evolve into white dwarfs with magnetic fields exceeding G, assuming a minimum polar field of 200 G in Ap/Bp stars, thereby leaving many magnetic white dwarfs with lower fields without likely progenitors.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
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