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Tremblay, Pier-Emmanuel, Ludwig, H-G., Steffen, M. and Freytag, B. (2013) Spectroscopic analysis of DA white dwarfs with 3D model atmospheres. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 559 . A104. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322318 ISSN 0004-6361.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322318
Abstract
We present the first grid of mean three-dimensional (3D) spectra for pure-hydrogen (DA) white dwarfs based on 3D model atmospheres. We use CO5BOLD radiation-hydrodynamics 3D simulations instead of the mixing-length theory for the treatment of convection. The simulations cover the effective temperature range of 6000 < Teff (K) < 15 000 and the surface gravity range of 7 < log g < 9 where the large majority of DAs with a convective atmosphere are located. We rely on horizontally averaged 3D structures (over constant Rosseland optical depth) to compute ⟨3D⟩ spectra. It is demonstrated that our ⟨3D⟩ spectra can be smoothly connected to their 1D counterparts at higher and lower Teff where the 3D effects are small. Analytical functions are provided in order to convert spectroscopically determined 1D effective temperatures and surface gravities to 3D atmospheric parameters. We apply our improved models to well studied spectroscopic data sets from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the White Dwarf Catalog. We confirm that the so-called high-log g problem is not present when employing ⟨3D⟩ spectra and that the issue was caused by inaccuracies in the 1D mixing-length approach. The white dwarfs with a radiative and a convective atmosphere have derived mean masses that are the same within ~0.01 M⊙, in much better agreement with our understanding of stellar evolution. Furthermore, the 3D atmospheric parameters are in better agreement with independent Teff and log g values from photometric and parallax measurements.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | |||||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hydrodynamics , Convection (Astrophysics) , Stars -- Atmospheres , White dwarf stars | |||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: | EDP Sciences | |||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0004-6361 | |||||||||||||||
Official Date: | 21 November 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 559 | |||||||||||||||
Article Number: | A104 | |||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201322318 | |||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, © ESO”. | |||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © ESO, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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