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New Grids of Pure-Hydrogen White-Dwarf NLTE Model Atmospheres newline and the HST/STIS Flux Calibration
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New Grids of Pure-Hydrogen White-Dwarf NLTE Model Atmospheres newline and the HST/STIS Flux Calibration
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Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (NLTE) calculations of hot white dwarf (WD) model atmospheres are the cornerstone of modern flux calibrations for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and for the CALSPEC database. These theoretical spectral energy distributions (SEDs) provide the relative flux vs. wavelength, and only the absolute flux level remains to be set by reconciling the measured absolute flux of Vega in the visible with the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) values for Sirius in the mid-IR. The most recent SEDs calculated by the \textsc{tlusty} and \textsc{tmap} NLTE model atmosphere codes for the primary WDs G191-B2B, GD153, and GD71 show improved agreement to 1\% from 1500~\AA\ to 30~\micron, in comparison to the previous 1\% consistency only from 2000~\AA\ to 5~\micron. These new NLTE models of hot WDs now provide consistent flux standards from the FUV to the mid-IR.
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