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Grids of model spectra for WN stars, ready for use
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040506 Bibcode: 2004A&A...427..697H

Hamann, W. -R.; Gräfener, G.

Grids of model atmospheres for Wolf-Rayet stars of the nitrogen sequence (WN subclass) are presented. The calculations account for the expansion of the atmosphere, non-LTE, clumping, and line blanketing from iron-group elements. Observed spectra of single Galactic WN stars can in general be reproduced consistently by this generation of models. The…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 202
Bright OB stars in the Galaxy. I. Mass-loss and wind-momentum rates of O-type stars: A pure H\alpha analysis accounting for line-blanketing
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031463 Bibcode: 2004A&A...413..693M

Puls, J.; Markov, H.; Markova, N. +1 more

We study mass-loss and wind momentum rates of 29 Galactic O-type stars with luminosity classes I, III and V by means of a pure H\alpha profile analysis and investigate to what extent the results compare to those originating from a state-of-the-art, complete spectral analysis. Our investigation relies on the approximate method developed by \citet{P…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 116
Study of the properties and spectral energy distributions of the Herbig AeBe stars HD 34282 and HD 141569
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034561 Bibcode: 2004A&A...419..301M

Rauer, H.; Schneider, J.; Eiroa, C. +21 more

We present a study of the stellar parameters, distances and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of HD 34282 and HD 141569, two pre-main sequence Herbig AeBe stars. Both objects have been reported to show ``anomalous positions'' in the HR diagram in the sense that they appear below the main sequence. A signifi…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos IUE 110
Radiation-driven winds of hot luminous stars. XV. Constraints on the mass-luminosity relation of central stars of planetary nebulae
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034040 Bibcode: 2004A&A...419.1111P

Pauldrach, A. W. A.; Hoffmann, T. L.; Méndez, R. H.

We present a new model atmosphere analysis of nine central stars of planetary nebulae. This study is based on a new generation of realistic stellar model atmospheres for hot stars; state-of-the-art, hydrodynamically consistent, spherically symmetric model atmospheres that have been shown to correctly reproduce the observed UV spectra of massive Po…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 78
Hα variability of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034623 Bibcode: 2004A&A...415..609S

Marziani, P.; Zamanov, R.; Stanishev, V. +1 more

We analyze Hα observations of the recurrent nova T CrB obtained during the last decade. For the first time the Hα emission profile is analyzed after subtraction of the red giant contribution. Based on our new radial velocity measurements of the Hα emission line we estimate the component masses of T CrB. It is …

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 45
A study of the expanding envelope of Nova V1974 Cyg 1992 based on IUE high resolution spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034102 Bibcode: 2004A&A...420..571C

Altamore, A.; Rossi, C.; González-Riestra, R. +2 more

We have carried out a detailed analysis of the IUE archival high resolution spectra of the classical nova V1974 Cyg 1992. The main UV resonance lines show P Cygni profiles in the first days, which change into symmetric pure emission lines, and then slowly become fainter and narrower. Lines of higher ionization species reach their peak luminosity l…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 40
Beyond the iron group: Heavy metals in hot subdwarfs
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200400027 Bibcode: 2004A&A...423L..25O

O'Toole, S. J.

We report the discovery of strong photospheric resonance lines of Ga III, Ge IV, Sn IV and Pb IV in the UV spectra of more than two dozen sdB and sdOB stars at temperatures ranging from 22 000 K to 40 000 K. Lines of other heavy elements are also detected, however in these cases more atomic data are needed. Based on these discoveries, we present a…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE eHST 39
Abundances of Planetary Nebulae IC 418, IC 2165 and NGC 5882
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040413 Bibcode: 2004A&A...423..593P

Pottasch, S. R.; Beintema, D. A.; Feibelman, W. A. +1 more

The ISO and IUE spectra of the elliptical nebulae NGC 5882, IC 418 and IC 2165 are presented. These spectra are combined with the spectra in the visual wavelength region to obtain a complete, extinction corrected, spectrum. The chemical composition of the nebulae is then calculated and compared to previous determinations. A disc…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO IUE 36
On the importance of the few most massive stars: The ionizing cluster of NGC 588
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20047136 Bibcode: 2004A&A...426..399J

Vílchez, J. M.; González Delgado, R. M.; Cerviño, M. +3 more

We present the results of a double analysis of the ionizing cluster in NGC 588, a giant HII region (GHR) in the outskirts of the nearby galaxy M 33. For this purpose, we obtained ground based long-slit spectroscopy and combined it with archival ground based and space borne imaging and spectroscopy, in the wave…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE eHST 31
Physical interpretation of the NGC 7469 UV/X-ray variability
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031499 Bibcode: 2004A&A...413..477P

Maraschi, L.; Nandra, K.; Petrucci, P. O. +1 more

We present a re-analysis of the simultaneous ∼30 day IUE/XTE observation of NGC 7469 done in 1996. Our main progress in this paper, in comparison to previous spectral analyses (Nandra et al. \cite{nan98,nan00}), is to adopt and fit directly to the data a detailed model of the Comptonized spectrum. This firstly allows one to fit simultaneously the …

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 31