Deposing the Cool Corona of KPD 0005+5106
Abstract
We show that the Chandra LETG spectrum of the hottest known DO white dwarf, KPD 0005+5106, can be qualitatively modelled as photospheric emission, and does not require a coronal explanation. The excess flux found by Fleming et al. (1993) in the 0.2-0.3 keV region arises from deeper atmospheric layers revealed by a lower continuous opacity in this region. The 1 keV emission found by O'Dwyer et al. (2003) lies below our detection threshold, but cannot be explained by photospheric models.
- Publication:
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14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs
- Pub Date:
- July 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005ASPC..334..229W