  Recently an accurate analysis of absorption spectra of molecular hydrogen,
observed with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space
Telescope, in the photosphere of white dwarf stars GD133 and GD29-38 was
published in a Letter [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 123002 (2014)], yielding a
constraint on a possible dependence of the proton-electron mass ratio on a
gravitational field of strength 10,000 times that at the Earth's surface. In
the present paper further details of that study are presented, in particular a
re-evaluation of the spectrum of the $B^1\Sigma_u^+ - X^1\Sigma_g^+ (v',v'')$
Lyman bands relevant for the prevailing temperatures (12,000 - 14,000 K) of the
photospheres. An emphasis is on the calculation of so-called
$K_i$-coefficients, that represent the sensitivity of each individual line to a
possible change in the proton-electron mass ratio. Such calculations were
performed by semi-empirical methods and by ab initio methods providing accurate
and consistent values. A full listing is provided for the molecular physics
data on the Lyman bands (wavelengths $\lambda_i$, line oscillator strengths
$f_i$, radiative damping rates $\Gamma_i$, and sensitivity coefficients $K_i$)
as required for the analyses of H$_2$-spectra in hot dwarf stars. A similar
listing of the molecular physics parameters for the $C^1\Pi_u - X^1\Sigma_g^+
(v',v'')$ Werner bands is provided for future use in the analysis of white
dwarf spectra.
