On the nature of the magnetic DB white dwarfs

Details On the nature of the magnetic DB white dwarfs On the nature of the magnetic DB white dwarfs

May 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002mnras.332...29w&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 332, Issue 1, pp. 29-33.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Magnetic Fields, Stars: Individual: Gd 229, Stars: Individual: He 1211-1707, Stars: Individual: He 1043-0502, White Dwarfs

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We use recent calculations of the Zeeman splitting of neutral helium lines and atmospheric models to investigate the properties of the magnetic DB white dwarfs in the field range 10-1000MG. We confirm that GD 229 exhibits spectroscopic signatures indicative of neutral helium in a magnetic field of ~500MG, and argue that HE 1043-0502 may also be helium rich with an even higher field of ~750MG. The dominant features in the phase-averaged spectrum of the polarized magnetic white dwarf HE 1211-1707 correspond with those of Zeeman split neutral helium lines in a mean field of ~50MG, while the observed spectral variations point to a non-dipolar field structure.

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