Feige 7 - A hot, rotating magnetic white dwarf

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Jun 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977apj...214..457l&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 214, June 1, 1977, p. 457-470.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

56

Circular Polarization, Hot Stars, Magnetic Stars, Stellar Rotation, Stellar Spectra, White Dwarf Stars, Magnetic Field Configurations, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Models, Stellar Temperature

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Results are reported for image-tube-scanner and digicon observations of Feige 7, a faint blue star identified as a probable white dwarf. It is found that this star is a magnetic white dwarf showing a very rich spectrum with Zeeman subcomponents of both hydrogen and neutral helium as well as periodic spectrum and circular-polarization variations. A polarization period of 2.2 hr is computed, and a surface magnetic-field strength of about 18 MG is determined by matching features of the absorption spectrum to Zeeman components. It is suggested that the only reasonable explanation for the periodic variations in circular polarization is an oblique rotator with the spin axis approximately in the plane of the sky and tilted by about 24 deg to the magnetic axis. An effective temperature in the range from 20,000 to 25,000 K is estimated, an absolute magnitude of about 10.5 is derived, and the atmosphere is shown to be helium-dominated. The evolution of Feige 7 is discussed in terms of possible magnetic-field effects on atmospheric composition, rotation velocity (5.5 km/s for a radius of 7000 km), and the origin of white-dwarf magnetic fields.

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