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Review of the ultraviolet flux calibration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Jeffrey W. Kruk
Jeffrey W. Kruk*
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MB, 21218, USA

Abstract

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The practical difficulties in performing laboratory calibrations of instruments at ultraviolet wavelengths are considerably greater than at visible wavelengths, and the concommitant uncertainties are greater as well. In recent years theoretical models of white dwarf atmospheres have been adopted as UV flux standards, with impressive results. In this review, I will discuss the methodology of laboratory flux calibrations in the UV, the internal consistency and potential shortcomings of calibrations based on white dwarf model atmospheres, recent laboratory results, and future prospects.

Type
Stellar Flux Distributions
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 189: Fundamental Stellar Properties: The Interaction Between Observation and Theory , 1997 , pp. 67 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

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