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从FUSE档案看热白矮星中的重元素异常模式

Heavy Element Abundance Patterns in Hot White Dwarfs from a Survey of the FUSE Archive

M. A. Barstow, S. L. Casewell, J. B. Holberg, J. K. Barstow

摘要:

本文对FUSE观测资料库中的89颗热DA白矮星进行了系统的丰度测量。这些恒星的温度范围为20000- 70000 K,是迄今为止最大的样本,超过了我们早期主要基于IUE和HST数据的研究三倍。使用之前工作中的重元素覆盖的非LTE恒星大气计算,我们能够测量碳,硅,磷和硫的丰度,并研究它们如何随着恒星冷却而变化。我们能够建立在给定温度范围内看到的广泛的丰度范围,并建立像HZ 43这样的恒星的入射率,这些恒星似乎(令人惊讶地)在其大气中完全没有H以外的任何物质。因此,我们可以开始识别在这个温度范围内具有特殊丰度的恒星,并确定这些物体是否可能像许多较冷的物体那样吸积行星碎片。

英文摘要:

We present a series of systematic abundance measurements for 89 hot DA white dwarfs drawn from the FUSE observation archive. These stars span the temperature range ~ 20000-70000K, and form the largest sample to-date, exceeding our earlier study, based mainly on IUE and HST data, by a factor three. Using the heavy element blanketed non-LTE stellar atmosphere calculations from this previous work, we are able to measure the abundances of carbon, silicon, phosphorus and sulphur and examine how they change as the stars cool. We are able to establish the broad range of abundances seen in a given temperature range and establish the incidence of stars which, like HZ43, appear to (surprisingly) be completely devoid of any material other than H in their atmospheres. As a result we can begin to identify stars with peculiar abundances in this temperature range and determine whether or not these objects might be accreting planetary debris, as has been inferred for many cooler objects.

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