Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001apj...553..399v&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 553, Issue 1, pp. 399-404.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Abundances, Stars: Individual (Feige 24, G191-B2B), Ultraviolet: Stars, Stars: White Dwarfs
Scientific paper
We analyze Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectra of two white dwarfs, Feige 24 and G191-B2B, and we compare the measured abundance patterns. Except for carbon, which appears overabundant in G191-B2B by 0.3-0.5 dex relative to Feige 24, the average heavy-element abundance in Feige 24 is 0.17 dex larger than in the cooler, hence older, G191-B2B, indicating a slow but perceptible decline of metallicity with time. We also found that the C IV λ1550 doublet in G191-B2B is composed of a photospheric component and a second component, either interstellar or circumstellar, separated by only Δv=15 km s-1. We find a simple correspondence between the measured element abundance, its solar abundance value, and its atomic weight from which we deduce the likely presence of additional elements such as neon and magnesium in the photospheres of Feige 24 and G191-B2B.
Lanz Thierry
Vennes Stephane
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