Far-UV excess object survey Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Bixler J.V.
  2. Bowyer S.
  3. Laget M.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Optical spectra have been obtained for a selection of objects included in a catalog of far ultraviolet bright, high galactic latitude objects detected with a balloon-borne survey telescope. The observed objects provide a sample of subdwarf O and B stars, white dwarfs, and binary systems including a hot sub-luminous member. Model atmospheres analysis of the sub-dwarf sample is used to determine the temperature, gravity, and helium to hydrogen ratio of the individual objects. A smooth distribution of objects is found on the gravity versus temperature diagram near the theoretical location of the extended horizontal branch. A break between the helium rich and helium poor objects occurs at 40000K. Suspected binary objects were found and analyzed to determine the temperature and gravity of the hot subluminous member in each system. The number of subdwarf stars contained in binaries is determined to be from 65% to 100%. The number versus ultraviolet magnitude distribution of the subdwarf B sample is modeled to obtain a midplane density of 3.3x10^-6^pc^-3^ and a population scale height of 240pc. The proportion of white dwarfs that experience the subdwarf phase of evolution is found to be 0.94%.

Keywords
  1. spectroscopy
  2. ultraviolet-astronomy
  3. subdwarf-stars
  4. photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
1991A&A...250..370B
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/250/370
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/250/370
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.32500370

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/250/370
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/250/370
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/250/370
IVOA Table Access TAP
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Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/250/370/appena?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/250/370/appena?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/250/370/appena?
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/250/370/appenf?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/250/370/appenf?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/250/370/appenf?

History

1999-02-26T14:41:26Z
Resource record created
1999-02-26T14:41:26Z
Created
2013-02-27T06:27:42Z
Updated

Contact

Name
CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
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