Model Atmosphere Analysis of Two Very Cool White Dwarfs

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2002-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207667v1

Astrophys.J.580:1070-1076,2002

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal; 14 pages 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/343795

A detailed analysis of the very cool white dwarfs SDSS 1337+00 and LHS 3250 is presented. Model atmosphere calculations with improved collision-induced absorptions by molecular hydrogen indicate that a pure hydrogen composition can be ruled out, and that the strong infrared absorption observed in these cool stars is better explained in terms of collisions of H2 with neutral helium. It is shown that even though the overall shape of the observed energy distributions can be reproduced reasonably well with helium-rich models, the peak of the energy distribution near 6000 A is always predicted too narrow. The extreme helium-rich composition inferred for both objects is discussed in the broader context of the extremely cool white dwarfs reported in various surveys.

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