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Article Dans Une Revue Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A Année : 2003

Modeling of the Lyman gamma satellites in FUSE spectra of DA white dwarfs

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We present new theoretical calculations of the line profile of Lyman gamma that include transitions in which a photon is absorbed by a neutral hydrogen atom while it interacts with a proton. Models show that two absorption features located near 992 Å and 996 Å are due to H-H+ collisions. These quasi-molecular satellites are similar to those that were identified in the wings of Lyman alpha and Lyman beta lines of hydrogen-rich white dwarfs. We compute synthetic spectra that take account of these new theoretical profiles and compare them to the spectra of four DA white dwarfs that were observed with FUSE. The models predict the absorption features that are observed in the wing of Lyman gamma near 995 Å, and confirm that these features are quasi-molecular satellites.

This paper is dedicated in memory of J. L. Greenstein, discoverer of the quasi-molecular lines in white dwarfs, who passed away on October 21, 2002.

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hal-04111216 , version 1 (09-06-2023)

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G. Hébrard, N. F. Allard, J. F. Kielkopf, P. Chayer, J. Dupuis, et al.. Modeling of the Lyman gamma satellites in FUSE spectra of DA white dwarfs. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2003, 405, pp.1153-1156. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361:20030715⟩. ⟨hal-04111216⟩
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