scholarly journals Effective temperatures of cataclysmic-variable white dwarfs as a probe of their evolution

2016 ◽  
Vol 466 (3) ◽  
pp. 2855-2878 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Pala ◽  
B. T. Gänsicke ◽  
D. Townsley ◽  
D. Boyd ◽  
M. J. Cook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Cataclysmic Variable ◽  
Effective Temperatures

scholarly journals The Effective Temperature Distribution Function of Cataclysmic Variable White Dwarfs

1987 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
E.M. Sion
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Function ◽  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Orbital Period ◽  
White Dwarf ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Cataclysmic Variables ◽  
Cataclysmic Variable ◽  
Term Evolution ◽  
Effective Temperatures

AbstractWith the recent detection of direct white dwarf photospheric radiation from certain cataclysmic variables in quiescent (low accretion) states, important implications and clues about the nature and long-term evolution of cataclysmic variables can emerge from an analysis of their physical properties. Detection of the underlying white dwarfs has led to a preliminary empirical CV white dwarf temperature distribution function and, in a few cases, the first detailed look at a freshly accreted while dwarf photosphere. The effective temperatures of CV white dwarfs plotted versus orbital period for each type of CV appears to reveal a tendency for the cooler white dwarf primaries to reside in the shorter period systems. Possible implications are briefly discussed.

scholarly journals A large HST program: effective temperatures of cataclysmic variable white dwarfs

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Francesca Pala ◽  
Boris Gaensicke ◽  
Klaus Beuermann ◽  
Lars Bildsten ◽  
Domitilla de Martino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Cataclysmic Variable ◽  
Effective Temperatures

Effective Temperatures of White Dwarfs

White Dwarfs ◽  
1971 ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Oke ◽  
H. L. Shipman
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Effective Temperatures

scholarly journals FAR-Ultralviolet Spectrophotometry of two do White Dwarfs from Voyager

1989 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 144-148
Author(s):  
E. Poulin ◽  
F. Wesemael ◽  
J.B. Holberg ◽  
G. Fontaine
Keyword(s):  
Binary System ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Temperature Scale ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Effective Temperatures

While the observed number of hot, helium-rich degenerates is noticeably larger than that of their hydrogen-rich counterparts, the calibration of their effective temperatures has been comparatively much less trustworthy. The spectroscopic classification scheme introduced three years ago by Wesemael, Green, and Liebert (1985, hereafter WGL), and the crude temperature domains associated with each class remain, to this date, the only comprehensive effort at defining a temperature scale for DO stars. The current uncertainty in this is perhaps best epitomized by two objects, HD149499B and PG1034+001. The former belongs to a binary system which also contains a KO V primary, 2” away. The temperature determined for the degenerate secondary ranges from 85,000±15,000 K (Wray, Parsons, and Henize 1979) to 55,000±5000 K (Sion, Guinan, and Wesemael 1982, hereafter SGW). PG1034+001, on the other hand, is the prototype of the so-called hot DO spectroscopic class; WGL assign an uncertain temperature of 80,000±20,000 K to this object.

scholarly journals Model Atmospheres for Very Cool Hydrogen-Rich White Dwarfs

1989 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 236-239
Author(s):  
France C. Allard ◽  
Rainer Wehrse
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Gas Pressure ◽  
Special Consideration ◽  
Solar Photosphere ◽  
Energy Distributions ◽  
Effective Temperatures ◽  
Cool White Dwarfs

In recent years cool white dwarfs have been studied for various aspects ( see e.g.Winget et al.,1987 Winget and van Horn, 1987, Koester, 1987, Llebert, 1980) and much effort has been Invested in attempts to interpret the energy distributions of these stars ( Greenstein, 1984, Zeldler-K.T. et al, 1986, Llebert et al., 1987, and others). However, it seems that in spite of these efforts the spectra in particular of the very cool objects with effective temperatures below about 6000 K are not yet fully under-stood, since they are extremely diverse and each objects needs special consideration. In addition, the analyses are extremely difficult because the principal constiuents of the atmospheres ( H, He ) and elements, which may donate the majority of electrons, are essentially invisible. Since usually only one ionlsatlon stage of an element is present, this implies that the gas pressure Pg is high ( compared e.g. to the solar photosphere ), the accurate value of Pg, however, cannot be determined reliably.

Spectroscopic Studies and Atmospheric Parameters of ZZ Ceti Stars

1989 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 244-248
Author(s):  
D. Daou ◽  
F. Wesemael ◽  
P. Bergeron ◽  
G. Fontaine ◽  
J. B. Holberg
Keyword(s):  
Strong Evidence ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Narrow Range ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Atmospheric Parameters ◽  
Instability Strip ◽  
Pulsating Stars ◽  
Evolutionary Phase ◽  
Effective Temperatures

The pulsating ZZ Ceti stars cover a narrow range of effective temperatures along the cooling sequence of DA white dwarfs (see, eg., Winget and Fontaine 1982). Fast-photometric searches for pulsating stars in that class have provided strong evidence that the ZZ Ceti phase is an evolutionary phase through which all cooling DA stars will eventually go through (Fontaine et al. 1982). Recent investigations, based on optical or ultraviolet photometry and spectrophotometry, have set the boundaries of the instability strip at temperatures near 10,000-11,000 K and 12,000-13,000 K, respectively (McGraw 1979; Greenstein 1982; Weidemann and Koester 1984; Fontaine et al. 1985; Wesemael, Lamontagne, and Fontaine 1986; Lamontagne, Wesemael, and Fontaine 1987, 1988).

scholarly journals Search For Cool White Dwarf Pulsators

2000 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 525-526
Author(s):  
Atsuko Nitta ◽  
A. Mukadam ◽  
D. E. Winget ◽  
A. Kanaan ◽  
S. J. Kleinman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limit ◽  
White Dwarf ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Galactic Disk ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Effective Temperatures

AbstractWe are searching for pulsations in cool (< 6000 K) white dwarfs (WDs), hoping to apply asteroseismological techniques to improve our understanding of their structure and the physical processes inside them. This information is important as we use cool WDs to estimate the lower limit of the age of the Galactic disk. Within a spectroscopic and photometric survey of 110 cool WDs by Bergeron, Ruiz, & Legget, we find 28 candidates with appropriate effective temperatures, masses, and chemical compositions for possible pulsations in nonradial g modes with periods similar to those we observe in DAVs. So far, we have observed 4 candidates, but have found no evidence of large variation.

scholarly journals 11. Effective Temperatures of White Dwarfs

1971 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Oke ◽  
H. L. Shipman
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
White Dwarf ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
White Dwarf Stars ◽  
Effective Temperatures ◽  
Highly Evolved

White dwarf stars are among the most challenging and interesting objects which can be studied. Because they represent the interiors of highly-evolved stars, the chemical composition can be enormously variable from object to object. Furthermore, because of the very large gravities, the composition of the atmosphere may be very different from that in the interior. The theory of the degenerate interior provides a relation among mass, radius and chemical composition. Since temperatures, effective gravities, and redshifts can, for certain stars, provide further relations between mass and radius, one can hope to make checks on the theory which are not possible with ordinary stars.

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