Working Group Prof. Klaus Werner - Stellar Atmospheres
Our team works in the field of quantitative spectral analyses of stellar spectra (white dwarfs, neutron stars, etc.) and spectra of accretion disks around compact stellar remnants. For spectral analyses we are utilizing ground- and space-based observatories in a wide wavelength range, from the infrared to the X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Quantitative spectroscopy of (pre-) white dwarfs and supersoft X-ray sources
Keywords: white dwarfs, PG1159 stars, central stars of planetary nebulae, radiation transport, stellar atmospheres, synthetic spectra, ground and space based observations, GAVO
Thermal emission from neutron stars
Keywords: neutron stars, magnetic fields, neutron star atmospheres, equation of state
Spectra from accretion disks of compact stellar remnants
Keywords: cataclysmic variable, dwarf novae, AMCVn stars, ultracompact X-ray binaries, supernova fallback disc, debris disc around single white dwarfs