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Appendix A: Comparison of atmospheric parameters with the literature

Atmospheric parameters of 20 of the sdBs analysed here have also been found in the literature. All parameters derived from model fits to the spectral lines are listed in Table A.1. Given the fact that different methods, models and data were used to determine these parameters, our new results are in general agreement with the literature values. The lower temperature (− 2600 K) Saffer et al. (1994) derived for [CW83] 1758+36 may be more accurate, because our analysis is based on only one FOCES spectrum of mediocre quality, while the spectra used by Saffer et al. (1994) cover the Balmer jump. We reanalysed the spectrum used by Saffer et al. (1994) with our method and confirmed the parameters given in this study (Saffer refit).

The atmospheric parameters of the bright sdB, PG 0342+026, have been determined from its spectral energy distribution by Lamontagne et al. (1987), Theissen et al. (1995) and Aznar Cuadrado & Jeffery (2001). Given the higher uncertainties of this method the derived parameters are consistent with our results within the error limits.

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