Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 1991
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 373, June 1, 1991, p. 633-648. Research supported by NASA, NSF, University
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Blue Stars, Eclipsing Binary Stars, Fluorescence, Oxygen Spectra, Ultraviolet Spectra, Variable Stars, Calcium, Emission Spectra, Helium, Nitrogen, Stellar Composition
Scientific paper
The study relates the observations of the Bowen fluorescence lines in AM Her and EF Eri, two AM Her systems. The implications of source variability and the checks performed in order to verify the accuracy of the data are reviewed. The line ratios for H I and He II are shown to deviate considerably from those expected; in this light, the H I and He II emission in AM Her is analyzed in detail. This approach makes it possible to put limits on line and continuum optical depths as well as temperatures. These limits along with the observed Bowen emission are used to construct a picture of the emission-line regions in the two sources, producing the values for the size, density, and temperature of a region. The derived value of the size is found to be significantly less than the size of the Roche lobe of the white dwarf, while the large range of densities is attributed to the exponential temperature dependence in the expression used for density.
Filippenko Alexei V.
Kahn Steven M.
Paerels Frits B. S.
Schachter Jonathan
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