Observational limits on companions to G29-38
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Discovery of Photospheric Calcium Line-Strength Variations in the Dazd White Dwarf G29-38
Metals in the photospheres of white dwarfs with TeA between 12,000 and 25,000 K should gravitationally settle out of these atmospheres in 1Y2 weeks. Temporal variations in the line strengths of these metals could provide a direct measurement of episodic metal accretion. Using archival VLTand Keck spectroscopy, we find evidence that the DAZd white dwarf G29-38 shows significant changes in its Ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0004-637X,1538-4357
DOI: 10.1086/174965