Improved non-LTE Balmer-line profiles for hot stars

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Jan 1987

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 171, no. 1-2, Jan. 1987, p. 189-196. DFG-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Balmer Series, H Lines, Hot Stars, O Stars, Stellar Models, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Planetary Nebulae, Stellar Atmospheres

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Improved non-LTE line formation calculations for hydrogen in O-stars are presented. The calculations are carried out by means of the method recently developed by Werner and Husfeld (1985) and use an extensive hydrogen model atom with 10 non-LTE levels and 55 transitions. For most of the transitions Stark-broadening is included in the statistical equilibrium. Compared with observed high quality Balmer line profiles of massive O-stars, sdO-stars and central stars of planetary nebulae, the new calculations yield significantly better agreement than previous ones. The improvements are of particular importance for the quantitative spectral analysis of central stars where they lead to systematically higher effective temperatures.

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