Heavy metal opacity and line blanketing in hot DA white dwarf stars
This thesis concerns atomic data, and it’s impact upon white dwarf model atmosphere calculations, and consequentially, the measurements made using such models. The thesis begins with a brief introduction to the history and properties of white dwarfs, the theory of radiative transfer, and the uses of...
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University of Leicester
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647122 |