Three unresolved double degenerate binaries

Details Three unresolved double degenerate binaries Three unresolved double degenerate binaries

Sep 1990

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 361, Sept. 20, 1990, p. 190-196.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Binary Stars, Degenerate Matter, Double Stars, Spectral Energy Distribution, Stellar Spectra, White Dwarf Stars, Line Spectra, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Composition, Stellar Spectrophotometry

Scientific paper

An atmospheric analysis is presented for the DA white dwarfs G4-34, GD 402, and GD 387. The energy distributions and hydrogen line profiles of these stars are shown to be inconsistent with those obtained from single or double DA stars. This result indicates that these stars are probably composite systems consisting of pairs of unresolved DA and DC stars, with the featureless component diluting the hydrogen line strengths of the DA white dwarf. An algorithm is developed to constrain the atmospheric parameters of the components of each system. Some possible implications of the existence of such DA + DC composite systems for the frequency of close double-degenerate binary systems are discussed.

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