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Observations of the ultraviolet spectra of helium (DB) white dwarfs and a study of the ultraviolet spectra of white dwarfs containing carbon

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6207429
Strong ultraviolet carbon lines were detected in the spectrum of the southern DC white dwarf BPM 11668. Observations of a number of hotter DB white dwarfs with IUE show no evidence of carbon features. Two additional DA white dwarfs were observed that have the strong unidentified absorption near 1400 A which now seems to be identified with another lower temperature feature as satellite lines to Lyman alpha radiation.
Research Organization:
Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH (USA)
OSTI ID:
6207429
Report Number(s):
N-84-33310; NASA-CR-173889
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English