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The Helium-Rich Subdwarf Cpd−20°1123: A Post-Common-Envelope Binary Evolving On To The Extended Horizontal Branch, Naslim N., S. Geier, C. S. Jeffery, N. T. Behara, V. M. Woolf, L. Classen
The Helium-Rich Subdwarf Cpd−20°1123: A Post-Common-Envelope Binary Evolving On To The Extended Horizontal Branch, Naslim N., S. Geier, C. S. Jeffery, N. T. Behara, V. M. Woolf, L. Classen
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Subluminous B stars come in a variety of flavours including single stars, close and wide binaries, and pulsating and non-pulsating variables. A majority have helium-poor surfaces (helium by number nHe < 1 per cent), whilst a minority have extremely helium rich surfaces (nHe > 90 per cent). A small number have an intermediate surface helium abundance (≈10–30 per cent), accompanied by peculiar abundances of other elements. The questions posed are (i) whether these abundance peculiarities are associated with radiatively driven and time-dependent stratification of elements within the photosphere as the star evolves from a helium-enriched progenitor to become a normal helium-poor sdB star and (ii) whether these phenomena occur only in …
The M Dwarf Problem In The Galaxy, Vincent M. Woolf, Andrew A. West
The M Dwarf Problem In The Galaxy, Vincent M. Woolf, Andrew A. West
Physics Faculty Publications
We present evidence that there is an M dwarf problem similar to the previously identified G dwarf and K dwarf problems: the number of low-metallicity M dwarfs is not sufficient to match simple closed-box models of local Galactic chemical evolution. We estimated the metallicity of 4141 M dwarf stars with spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) using a molecular band strength versus metallicity calibration developed using high resolution spectra of nearby M dwarfs. Using a sample of M dwarfs with measured magnitudes, parallaxes and metallicities, we derived a relation that describes the absolute magnitude variation as a function …
Structural, Magnetic, And Electron Transport Properties Of Mnbi:Fe Thin Films, Parashu Kharel, X. Z. Li, V. R. Shah, N. Al-Aqtash, K. Tarawneh, Renat F. Sabirianov, R. Skomski, D. J. Sellmyer
Structural, Magnetic, And Electron Transport Properties Of Mnbi:Fe Thin Films, Parashu Kharel, X. Z. Li, V. R. Shah, N. Al-Aqtash, K. Tarawneh, Renat F. Sabirianov, R. Skomski, D. J. Sellmyer
Physics Faculty Publications
The structural, magnetic, and electron transport properties ofMn55=xFexBi45 (x¼0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16) films prepared by multilayer deposition and annealing using e-beam evaporation have been investigated. Fe doping has produced a significant change in the magnetic properties of the samples including the decrease in saturation magnetization and magnetocrystalline anisotropy and increase in coercivity. Although the magnetization shows a smooth decrease with increasing Fe concentration, the coercivity jumps abruptly from 8.5 kOe to 22 kOe as Fe content changes from 4% to 5%, but the change in coercivity is small as the concentration goes beyond 5%. The temperature …