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Evidence of a Thermonuclear Runaway and Proton‐Capture Material on a White Dwarf in a Dwarf Nova

  • Authors: Edward M. Sion, F. H. Cheng, Warren M. Sparks, Paula Szkody, Min Huang, and Ivan Hubeny

Sion et al. 1997 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 480 L17.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 2.

Flux (Fλ) vs. wavelength (Å) G160M spectrum of the Si II λλ1260, 1265 region revealing the strong photospheric components of Si II and the broad, deep absorption due to a blend of P II lines. Superimposed on the HST spectrum are four synthetic spectra corresponding to four values of the phosphorus abundance and Teff = 22,000 K, log g = 8.43, Vrot = 400 km s−1, with all other chemical abundances as listed in Table 3. The dotted fit is for P abundance of 0.3 times solar, the dash‐dotted fit for 10 times solar, the dashed fit for 100 times solar, and the solid fit for 900 times solar.

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