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May 1963
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1963ssrv....1..749u&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp.749-761
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Measurements of the shape of the ultraviolet spectrum from B stars are compared with the theoretical spectra predicted from a homogeneous series of eight model atmospheres which are known to be close to a state of radiative equilibrium and to give a good representation of the ordinarily observed spectral region. The broad-band photometer measurements of Byram, Chubb, and Friedman in the region λ 1314 indicate that the stars become brighter in the ultraviolet as their temperature increases. The theoretical spectra reproduce this trend. However, the theoretical spectra are about three times as bright at λ 1314 relative to their brightness at λ 5560 as is observed. The spectral observations at 50Å resolution of Stecher and Milligan of six absorption-line stars are compared in detail with theoretical spectra. The observed shape of the spectrum is reproduced well by the models from λ 2600 to longer wavelengths. At wavelengths shorter than λ 2600 Å, the observed fluxes from B stars are less than the predicted fluxes. At λ 2000 the deficiency is between a factor two and a factor four. The spectrum of ɛ Canis Majoris is observed to have a different shape from that found for four other early-type stars. In the case of ɛ Canis Majoris the deficiency at λ 2000 is about a factor 13. The proper manner in which to compare theory and observation is discussed and some astrophysical terminology is explained. Theoretical fluxes, ?λ, are given in Table 1 for eight early B type model atmospheres at wavelengths between the Lyman limit and λ 6251. These fluxes have been computed without consideration of the opacity due to line blanketing. It is shown that line blanketing can probably account for the differences noted between predicted and observed ultra-violet spectra of B stars. It is not necessary at present to invoke unusual sources of opacity in the stellar atmosphere or in the space between the star and the earth in order to explain the observations. Spectra of B stars in the λ 2000 region at sufficient resolution to show the line spectrum would clarify the problem.
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