Issue |
A&A
Volume 442, Number 1, October IV 2005
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Page(s) | 309 - 314 | |
Section | Stellar atmospheres | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053280 | |
Published online | 30 September 2005 |
Spectral analyses of DO white dwarfs and PG 1159 stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
1
Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany e-mail: shuegelm@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de
2
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
3
New Mexico State University, Apache Point Observatory, 2001 Apache Point Road, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349, USA
4
Mt. Suhora Observatory, Cracow Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorazych 2, 30-084 Cracow, Poland
Received:
21
April
2005
Accepted:
4
July
2005
We present a model atmosphere analysis of ten new DO white
dwarfs and five new PG 1159 stars discovered in the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey DR1, DR2 and DR3. This is a
significant increase in the number of known DOs and PG 1159 stars. DO
white dwarfs are situated on the white dwarf cooling sequence from
the upper hot end (Teff K) down to the DB gap
(Teff
K). PG 1159 stars on the other hand
feature effective temperatures which exceed Teff
K
with an upper limit of Teff
K and are the proposed
precursors of DO white dwarfs. Improved statistics are necessary to
investigate the evolutionary link between these two types of
stars. From optical SDSS spectra effective temperatures, surface
gravities and element abundances are determined by means of non-LTE
model atmospheres.
Key words: stars: abundances / stars: fundamental parameters / stars: evolution / stars: AGB and post-AGB / stars: white dwarfs
© ESO, 2005
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