Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003aj....126.2521l&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 126, Issue 5, pp. 2521-2528.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Abundances, Stars: Atmospheres, Stars: White Dwarfs
Scientific paper
We discuss 18 white dwarfs, one of which (G227-5) was previously known, whose SDSS spectra show lines of neutral and/or singly ionized carbon. At least two and perhaps four show lines of neutral or singly ionized oxygen. Apart from the extremely hot ``PG 1159'' stars, these are the first white dwarfs with photospheric oxygen detected in their optical spectra. The photometry strongly suggests that these stars lie in the 11,000-30,000 K temperature range of the helium-atmosphere DB white dwarfs, though only one of them shows weak neutral helium lines in the spectrum. Trigonometric parallaxes are known for G227-5 and another, previously known white dwarf (G35-26) showing atomic carbon lines, and they indicate that both are massive stars. Theoretical arguments suggest that all members of this class of rare white dwarfs are massive (~1 Msolar), and this finding could explain the paucity of massive DB white dwarfs.
Anderson Scott F.
Brinkmann John
Collinge Matthew J.
Dahn Conard C.
Eisenstein Daniel
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