scholarly journals Line Profile Modeling of Disks

2000 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 396-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Hummel
Keyword(s):  
Line Profile ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Short Overview ◽  
Be Star ◽  
Line Transfer ◽  
Profile Modeling

AbstractIn this talk I give a short overview of models for spectral lines in Be stars disks which I think are quite instructive. I then examine the arguments for my own model assumptions and discuss selected topics concerning radiative line transfer calculations in three dimensions. We show that symmetric Hα emission lines of Be stars can be understood in terms of Keplerian disks. It is also demonstrated that one-armed global disk oscillations provide the best available solution to understand the long-term V/R variations in Be star emission lines.

scholarly journals Global oscillations in Be star envelopes: observational evidence

1994 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 384-385
Author(s):  
R. W. Hanuschik ◽  
W. Hummel ◽  
O. Dietle ◽  
J. Dachs ◽  
E. Sutorius
Keyword(s):  
Full Range ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Intrinsic Structure ◽  
Be Star

Since 1982, we are performing a long-term spectroscopic observing programme of emission-lines in Be stars (Hanuschik 1987, Hanuschik et al. 1988, Dachs et al. 1992, Sutorius 1992, Dietle 1993). We are using ESO's 1.4m CAT, at resolution R ≥ 50 000 and S/N = 100–1000. Spectral lines chosen are the optically thick Hα, Hβ lines and the optically thin Fe ii λ5317 line. The latter line is an extremely sharp tracer (Δvth = 2 km s−1) for the kinematics in the disks. We believe that our atlas shows the full range of intrinsic structure of these emission lines.

scholarly journals Short-period Variations of 28 CMa during 1998/9

2000 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 236-239
Author(s):  
L.A. Balona ◽  
D. James
Keyword(s):  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Line Profile ◽  
Periodic Variation ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Circumstellar Disk ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Metal Absorption ◽  
Period Variations ◽  
Be Star

AbstractThe Be star 28 CMa was one of the first periodic Be stars to be discovered and shows very large line profile variations with a period of 1.37 d. Recently, it has been shown that the line profile and light variations can be modeled by a patch of gas suspended above the photosphere. We present echelle observations of the Hβ and Hϒ line and several helium and metal absorption lines. We show that the radial velocity variations of these lines are unchanged since they were first observed two decades ago. We also examined several emission lines of Fe II and show that they do not partake of the periodic variation. We attribute the periodic variations of the lines formed close to the photosphere to a co-rotating cloud, whereas the Fe II emission lines are formed in the circumstellar disk outside the co-rotating radius.

scholarly journals An Unusually Stable and Short Spectroscopic Period of the Be Star 28 CMa

1982 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 167-170
Author(s):  
D. Baade
Keyword(s):  
Time Scale ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Stable Period ◽  
Be Star ◽  
First Time ◽  
Calar Alto

Spectroscopic (1970: ESO, 12 Å/mm, 6 spectra kindly put at my disposal by Prof. A. Van Hoof; 1976: ESO, 12 Å/mm; 1977: Calar Alto Observatory, 42 Å/mm; 1979: ESO, 12 Å/mm) and photometric (1976: ESO and Cerro Tololo, Hβ, uvby) observations of 28 CMa (B2-3 IV-Ve; 3.52 < mV < 4.18, irregular variations on the time scale of months or years reported; vrot = 80 km/s) revealed a very complex variability. All observed individual types of variations are known from at least a few other Be stars. In 28 CMa, however, for the first time a highly significant correlation between the various variations is established by a stable common period. The period is 1.365 days which seems to be the shortest stable period presently known of any Be star. There is no indication that the star's behaviour changed between 1970 and 1979. Only the equivalent widths of the emission lines increased noticeably.

scholarly journals Short-term variability and mass loss in Be stars

2018 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. A145 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Baade ◽  
A. Pigulski ◽  
Th. Rivinius ◽  
L. Wang ◽  
Ch. Martayan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Be Stars ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Similar Frequency ◽  
Good Target ◽  
Variability Pattern ◽  
Be Star ◽  
Shell Star ◽  
Mass Ejection ◽  
Combination Frequencies

Context. In early-type Be stars, groups of nonradial pulsation (NRP) modes with numerically related frequencies may be instrumental for the release of excess angular momentum through mass-ejection events. Difference and sum/harmonic frequencies often form additional groups. Aims. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a similar frequency pattern occurs in the cooler third-magnitude B7-8 IIIe shell star ν Pup. Methods. Time-series analyses were performed of space photometry with BRITE-Constellation (2015, 2016/17, and 2017/18), SMEI (2003–2011), and HIPPARCOS (1989–1993). Two IUE SWP and 27 optical echelle spectra spanning 20 years were retrieved from various archives. Results. The optical spectra exhibit no anomalies or well-defined variabilities. A magnetic field was not detected. All three photometry satellites recorded variability near 0.656 c/d which is resolved into three features separated by ∼0.0021 c/d. Their first harmonics and two combination frequencies form a second group, whose features are similarly spaced by 0.0021 c/d. The frequency spacing is very nearly but not exactly equidistant. Variability near 0.0021 c/d was not detected. The long-term frequency stability could be used to derive meaningful constraints on the properties of a putative companion star. The IUE spectra do not reveal the presence of a hot subluminous secondary. Conclusions. ν Pup is another Be star exhibiting an NRP variability pattern with long-term constancy and underlining the importance of combination frequencies and frequency groups. This star is a good target for efforts to identify an effectively single Be star.

scholarly journals Short and Medium Term Variability of Emission Lines in Selected Southern be Stars

1999 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Thomas Rivinius
Keyword(s):  
Line Emission ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Monitoring Period ◽  
Stellar Orbit

AbstractWe observed a sample of several southern Be stars from 1995 to 1997 typically for several months in each season using our spectrograph HEROS. One of these stars, μ Cen, was found to be in the process of continued gradual recovery of the Hydrogen emitting disk which had been lost from 1977-1989. During the monitoring period numerous line emission outbursts were observed. A generalized pattern of an outburst cycle is derived from observations of different circumstellar lines at times of various levels of emission from the disk. Relative quiescence in which mostly periodic varaibiltiy is seen, rapid decreases of emission (precursor), outburst, and subsequent relaxation can be distinguished as the main constituing phases, even though there are distinct differences between different groups of spectral lines. Based on this empirical phenomenology, a schematic picture of the associated ejection of matter into a near-stellar orbit is sketched and similarities between μ Cen and other stars will be outlined.

scholarly journals HR 4074: an Emission-Free NRP Twin of the Be Star 28 CMa

2002 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 248-249
Author(s):  
S. Štefl ◽  
Th. Rivinius ◽  
D. Baade
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Line Profile ◽  
Rotational Velocity ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Narrow Component ◽  
Rotational Modulation ◽  
Line Core ◽  
Emission Activity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Be Star

In spite of considerable progress in the investigation of rapid line-profile variations (lpv) of Be stars, at least two models still compete in the literature: the rotational modulation, assuming mostly corotating circumstellar structures (Balona, 2000), and nonradial pulsations (Maintz et al. and Rivinius et al., these proceedings). Attempts to explain the lpv of Be stars were often connected with the proto-typical star 28 (ω) CMa (HR 2749 = HD 56139, B2IV-Ve, v sin i = 80 km/s). Štefl et al. (1998) described variability in three line-profile components: in the narrow component of the line core, in the line core itself and in the wings. The Balmer emission of 28 CMa is variable and has always been observed to be at least moderate, mostly strong.HR 4074 (HD 89890, B3 III, v sin i = 70 km/s) has a different history of its emission activity. From a single spectrogram taken in 1893, Pickering (1898) reported an emission in Hβ. Subsequent observations never confirmed this. If it was not mis-identified by Pickering, HR 4074 would be in the probably longest B-star phase known of any Be star. HR 4074 is very probably not an SPB star - the spectral type is too early, the rotational velocity too high and light variations too low for this classification. Baade (1984) detected rapid lpv with a period P ≈ 2.25 d. Our time series analysis of radial velocity (RV) variations, measured as line modes, and that of full profiles give P = (2.3179 ± 0.0008) d.

scholarly journals The Onset of Quasi-Periodic Variations in Be Stars

1993 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 223-225
Author(s):  
T. Kogure ◽  
M. Mon ◽  
M. Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Radial Velocities ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Absorption Lines ◽  
Close Binaries ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Stable Period ◽  
Long Term Variations

We present some evidence of the quasi-periodic long-term variations (QPLV) in the violet-to-red ratio of double-peaked emission lines (V/R variation) and/or in the radial velocities of shell absorption lines for some Be stars. Although the V/R variations are rather prevailing phenomena among Be stars, the QPLV is remarkable by the following characteristics: (1)The QPLV appears as a sudden onset of repeated V/R variations after a long (10 years), almost stable period, and it persists for a few or several periods in ten or more years.(2)The period and amplitude of V/R variations change from cycle to cycle and from star to star. The variations of radial velocities (RV) of shell absorption lines are usually nearly parallel with the V/R variations.(3)The QPLV appears usually in early type Be stars with large rotational velocities, regardless whether the stars are normal Be or shell stars, and whether they are close-binaries or single stars.

scholarly journals A First Search for Rapid Variations of Stellar and Circumstellar Balmer Discontinuity in Be Stars

1995 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 303-304
Author(s):  
S. Štefl ◽  
D. Baade ◽  
J. Cuypers
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Line Profile ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Be Star

AbstractSpectrophotometric observations of the Be star ηCen obtained in May, 1993 show smooth variations of both the stellar and circumstellar Balmer discontinuity (BD) on a time scale of hours. Simultaneous photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy suggest possible correlations with the large-amplitude brightness and line-profile variations.

scholarly journals Multiwavelength observations of the Be-star/X-ray binary EXO2030+375 during outburst

1994 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 206-207
Author(s):  
A.J. Norton ◽  
M.J. Coe ◽  
C. Everall ◽  
P. Roche ◽  
L. Bildsten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Infrared Excess ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Circumstellar Material ◽  
Spin Period ◽  
Be Star ◽  
Star Surface ◽  
X Ray Binaries

EXO2030+375 consists of a neutron star in an eccentric 46 day orbit around a 20th magnitude Be-star companion (Coe et al., 1988; Parmar et al., 1989; Stollberg et al., 1993). The Be-star is thought to be surrounded by a shell/disc of material which is responsible for the infrared excess and Balmer emission lines which are characteristic of Be-stars in general. At periastron, the neutron star passes through this circumstellar material, giving rise to enhanced accretion onto the neutron star surface. As a result of this, the X-ray emission (pulsed at the neutron star spin period of 41.8s) increases dramatically, so producing the transient, outburst behaviour which is commonly seen in Be-star / X-ray binaries.

scholarly journals Search for Nonradial Pulsations in the Be Star ω Ori during the MuSiCoS Campaign 1998

2002 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 246-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Neiner ◽  
A.-M. Hubert ◽  
M. Floquet ◽  
H.F. Henrichs ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Line Profile ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Spectral Variability ◽  
Be Star ◽  
Radial Pulsations

Abstractω Ori is a rapidly rotating B2IIIe star with known spectral variability. We applied a frequency analysis to the MuSiCoS (MUlti Site Continuous Spectroscopy) campaign 1998-dataset to search for line-profile variations (Ipv). Variability was found in all studied spectral lines and interpreted as due to non-radial pulsations (NRP).

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