Prospective EUV observations of hot DA white dwarfs with the EUV ExplorerThe Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) will perform a high sensitivity EUV all-sky survey. A major category of sources which will be detected with the EUVE instruments consists of hot white dwarfs. Detailed preliminary studies of synthetic EUV observations of white dwarfs have been carried out using the predicted EUVE instrumental response functions. Using available information regarding space densities of white dwarfs and the distribution of neutral hydrogen in the interstellar medium, the numbers of DA white dwarfs which will be detectable in the different EUV bandpasses have been estimated.
Document ID
19890030239
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Finley, David S. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Malina, Roger F. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Bowyer, Stuart (California, University Berkeley, United States)