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FUSE Observations of the DAO White Dwarf Feige 55

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White Dwarfs

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The star Feige 55 is a spectroscopic binary consisting of a metal-rich DAO white dwarf and an unseen degenerate companion, with an orbital period of approximately 1.5 days. This star has been observed at several epochs by the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). FUSE spectra reveal photospheric absorption lines from H, He, C, N, O, Si, P, S, Fe, and Ni, often in multiple ionization stages. We will report on progress in achieving self-consistent estimates for the effective temperature, surface gravity, and elemental abundances.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA

    J. W. Kruk, P. Chayer & J. Dupuis

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  1. INAF — Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napels, Italy

    Domitilla de Martino  & Roberto Silvotti  & 

  2. Universitetet i Tromsø, Norway

    Jan-Erik Solheim

  3. Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Romualdas Kalytis

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Kruk, J.W., Chayer, P., Dupuis, J. (2003). FUSE Observations of the DAO White Dwarf Feige 55. In: de Martino, D., Silvotti, R., Solheim, JE., Kalytis, R. (eds) White Dwarfs. NATO Science Series, vol 105. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0215-8_38

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