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Paper: Using DA White Dwarfs to Calibrate Synthetic Photometry
Volume: 364, The Future of Photometric, Spectrophotometric, and Polarimetric Standardization
Page: 553
Authors: Holberg, J.B.
Abstract: Four widely used photometric systems, namely the Johnson-Kron- Cousins UBV RI, the Strömgren uvby, the 2MASS JHKs and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey ugriz systems have been directly compared with the HST absolute photometric scale of Bohlin & Gilliland (2004). These comparisons are subsequently used to construct a large grid of accurate synthetic magnitudes for DA white dwarfs. This grid is, in turn, critically evaluated with respect to the observed photometry from substantial samples of actual white dwarfs. The advantages of DA white dwarfs as photometric stars are emphasized, and the prospects for extending the use of these stars into the near infrared are highlighted.
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