A critical analysis of the ultraviolet temperature scale of the helium-dominated DB and DBV white dwarfs

Details A critical analysis of the ultraviolet temperature scale of the helium-dominated DB and DBV white dwarfs A critical analysis of the ultraviolet temperature scale of the helium-dominated DB and DBV white dwarfs

Mar 1991

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 370, March 20, 1991, p. 355-369. Research supported by Danish Research Acad

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Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Models, Stellar Temperature, Ultraviolet Spectra, White Dwarf Stars, Abundance, Helium, Stellar Composition, Stellar Spectra

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The temperatures of the hottest of the DB and of some of the variable DBV white dwarfs have been reanalyzed, using a new helium-rich model atmosphere grid and archival IUE data. The grid covers variations in the effective temperature, surface gravity, and trace hydrogen abundance. Significantly lower temperatures than those found by earlier investigations are found. This has influence on the issue of which mixing-length theory is the best one for treatment of convection in DB white dwarfs. The prototype of the DBV stars, GD 358, is given particular attention in view of the recently reported HE II 1640-A line. The sensitivity of the new results to input physics is analyzed. It is found that uncertainties in Stark broadening parameters, convective efficiency, and equation of state and the assumptions of a fixed gravity (log g = 8) and a negligible abundance of hydrogen can at most give an error in the effective temperature of 400 K for a typical DB star. The uncertainty on the absolute calibration of the IUE cameras and the effect of small interstellar reddening dominate the error analysis.

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