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Abundance analysis of DAZ white dwarfs

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

We present an abundance analysis of a sample of 33 hydrogen-rich (DA) white dwarfs. We have used archival high-resolution spectra to measure abundances of calcium, magnesium and iron in a set of 30 objects. In addition, we present preliminary calcium abundances in three new white dwarfs based on low-dispersion spectra. We investigate some abundance ratios (Mg/Ca, Fe/Ca) that may help uncover the composition of the accretion source.

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@article{arxiv.1012.2639,
  title  = {Abundance analysis of DAZ white dwarfs},
  author = {Adela Kawka and Stephane Vennes and Frantisek Dinnbier and Helena Cibulkova and Peter Nemeth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2639},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Part of PlanetsbeyondMS/2010 proceedings http://arxiv.org/html/1011.6606

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