IUE detector saturation and the new 2800 Å absorption featre `discovered' by Karim, Hoyle, and Wickramasinghe

Savage, B. D.; Sitko, M. L.

United States

Abstract

The broad λ2800 Å absorption feature 'discovered' by Karim, Hoyle, and Wickramasingle is instrumental in origin. The feature is produced by IUE detector saturation effects in overexposed spectra.

1984 Astrophysics and Space Science
IUE 6