Intermediate mass stars undergoing a very hot phase - Can we measure their temperatures?

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Binary Stars, Hot Stars, Novae, Planetary Nebulae, Stellar Temperature, Symbiotic Stars, Temperature Measurement, Ion Distribution, Photoionization, Radii, Stellar Spectra, White Dwarf Stars

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The theory of stellar evolution predicts the existence of very hot phases for stars of intermediate masses. However, effective temperatures exceeding 2×105K have never been measured (if one leaves aside a few rather suspect results). After having analysed in detail all the methods which have been used to determine effective temperatures, the authors have come to the conclusion that none of them is adequate to reveal the presence of very hot stars. The advent of the Space Telescope should change the situation, at least for the case of very hot nuclei of planetary nebulae.

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