Model Atmosphere Analysis of the Weakly Magnetic DZ White Dwarf G165-7

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2006-08-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608065v1

Astrophys.J.651:1112-1119,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

26 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/508144

A reanalysis of the strongly metal-blanketed DZ white dwarf G165-7 is presented. An improved grid of model atmospheres and synthetic spectra is used to analyze BVRI, JHK, and ugriz photometric observations as well as a high quality Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectrum covering the energy distribution from 3600 to 9000 A. The detection of splitting in several lines of Ca, Na, and Fe, suggesting a magnetic field of Bs~650 kG, is confirmed by spectropolarimetric observations that reveal as much as +/- 7.5% circular polarization in many of the absorption lines, most notably Na, Mg, and Fe. Our combined photometric and spectroscopic fit yields Teff = 6440 K, log g=7.99, log H/He=-3.0 and log Ca/He=-8.1. The other heavy elements have solar ratios with respect to calcium, with the exception of Na and Cr that had to be reduced by a factor of two and three, respectively. A crude polarization model based upon the observed local spectral flux gradient yields a longitudinal field of 165 kG, consistent with the mean surface field inferred from the Zeeman splitting. The inclusion of this weak magnetic field in our synthetic spectrum calculations, even in an approximate fashion, is shown to improve our fit significantly.

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