An interpretation of the spectral properties of hot hydrogen-rich white dwarfs with stratified H/He model atmospheres

Details An interpretation of the spectral properties of hot hydrogen-rich white dwarfs with stratified H/He model atmospheres An interpretation of the spectral properties of hot hydrogen-rich white dwarfs with stratified H/He model atmospheres

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...401..288v&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 401, no. 1, p. 288-310.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

36

Abundance, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Spectra, White Dwarf Stars, Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Helium, Hydrogen, Stellar Models, X Rays

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A grid of stratified H/He model atmospheres applicable to the interpretation of the spectral properties of hot H-rich white dwarfs (WDs) is computed. Samples of hot DA WDs observed with Exosat and Einstein are analyzed using the models. Six out of six objects with T(eff) = 35,000 K or less do not show a EUV/soft X-ray flux deficiency and therefore can be understood solely in terms of pure hydrogen atmospheres. A majority of DA WDs hotter than this value do show a flux deficiency and thus require the presence of some absorbers in their atmospheres. It is shown that the Exosat broadband photometry of Feige 24 and G191 B2B cannot be explained in terms of stratified atmospheres. Absorption by heavy elements is certainly responsible for the required EUV/soft X-ray opacity source in these cases. However, the Exosat data are consistent with the hypothesis of stratified atmospheres in the four remaining objects.

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