scholarly journals A Connection Between V/R and Polarization in Be Stars

2000 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 460-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McDavid ◽  
K.S. Bjorkman ◽  
J.E. Bjorkman ◽  
A.T. Okazaki
Keyword(s):  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Radiation Transfer ◽  
Density Wave ◽  
Circumstellar Disk ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Density Perturbations ◽  
Density Pattern ◽  
The Continuum

AbstractOkazaki (1991) and Papaloizou, Savonije, & Henrichs (1992) suggested that the quasi-cyclic V/R variability observed in the emission line profiles of many Be stars is caused by a precessing one-armed density wave in the circumstellar disk. It seems likely that the changing aspect of such a non-axisymmetric density pattern might also lead to a related variation of the continuum polarization. We have searched for such an effect in two well-studied Be shell stars, ζ Tau and 48 Lib, based on data compiled from several groups of observers from 1984 to 1998. Using the Monte Carlo radiation transfer code of Wood, Bjorkman, Whitney, & Code (1996), we have calculated the polarization due to electron scattering in Be disks in the presence of one-armed density perturbations. Although the notorious long and short term deviations from strict periodicity present in Be stars make it difficult to rigorously demonstrate the connection between the V/R variability and the polarization variations, we have been able to find specific modes that are consistent with the observed V/R line profile variations together with the suspected polarization cycles.

Problems in the Formation of Neutral Helium Lines in Early Type Stars

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 326-328
Author(s):  
R. W. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Growth Analysis ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Line Absorption ◽  
Early Type Stars ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Continuum

The aim of this work is to investigate certain assumptions that have been made in calculating line profiles and equivalent widths of neutral helium lines in early type stars. The effect of electron scattering on the continuum flux is investigated and a curve of growth analysis carried out to study this effect. The theories involved in calculating the line absorption coefficient are also investigated.

scholarly journals Continuum Flux Excess in Be Stars Determined from Spectral Lines

2000 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 502-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zorec ◽  
D. Ballereau ◽  
J. Chauville
Keyword(s):  
Central Star ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Circumstellar Envelope ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Aspect Angle ◽  
The Continuum

AbstractWe study the continuum flux excess at λ4471 by comparing the observed He I λ4471 line profiles with non-LTE model line profiles. Assuming that emission of the Hγ line is formed nearly in the same regions of the circumstellar envelope as those where the visible continuum flux excess rises, we estimate the continuum opacity needed to account for the veiling of the He I λ4471 line. The flux excess so derived is then studied as a function of the stellar aspect angle in an attempt to determine the degree of incidence of the envelope geometry near the central star on the continuum flux of Be stars.

scholarly journals High-resolution spectroscopy of SN 2017hcc and its blueshifted line profiles from post-shock dust formation

2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (3) ◽  
pp. 3544-3562
Author(s):  
Nathan Smith ◽  
Jennifer E Andrews
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Wavelength Dependence ◽  
High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽  
Shock Acceleration ◽  
Dust Formation ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Circumstellar Material ◽  
Post Shock ◽  
The Continuum

ABSTRACT SN 2017hcc was remarkable for being a nearby and strongly polarized superluminous Type IIn supernova (SN). We obtained high-resolution Echelle spectra that we combine with other spectra to investigate its line-profile evolution. All epochs reveal narrow P Cygni components from pre-shock circumstellar material (CSM), indicating an axisymmetric outflow from the progenitor of 40–50 km s−1. Broad and intermediate-width components exhibit the classic evolution seen in luminous SNe IIn: symmetric Lorentzian profiles from pre-shock CSM lines broadened by electron scattering at early times, transitioning at late times to multicomponent, irregular profiles coming from the SN ejecta and post-shock shell. As in many SNe IIn, profiles show a progressively increasing blueshift, with a clear flux deficit in red wings of the intermediate and broad velocity components after day 200. This blueshift develops after the continuum luminosity fades, and in the intermediate-width component, persists at late times even after the SN ejecta fade. In SN 2017hcc, the blueshift cannot be explained as occultation by the SN photosphere, pre-shock acceleration of CSM, or a lopsided explosion of CSM. Instead, the blueshift arises from dust formation in the post-shock shell and in the SN ejecta. The effect has a wavelength dependence characteristic of dust, exhibiting an extinction law consistent with large grains. Thus, SN 2017hcc experienced post-shock dust formation and had a mildly bipolar CSM shell, similar to SN 2010jl. Like other superluminous SNe IIn, the progenitor lost around 10 M⊙ due to extreme eruptive mass-loss in the decade before exploding.

scholarly journals Rotating Stellar Atmospheres (Review Paper)

1987 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 106-122
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Cassinelli
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Transfer ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Stellar Atmospheres ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Intrinsic Polarization ◽  
Infrared Excess ◽  
Rotation Rates ◽  
Distribution Line

AbstractThe effects of rapid rotation on the emergent energy distribution, line profiles, atmospheric motions and polarization are discussed. A simplified explanation of some of the effects is presented. Results of detailed radiation transfer calculations are briefly reviewed. The rotation can lead to circulation and turbulent motions in the photospheric layers which could affect the outflow from the Be stars. The rotation rates actually observed in the Be stars are sufficiently below the critical rate that many of the effects predicted by the plane parallel atmosphere calculations should be small. Nevertheless, the models are useful and necessary for estimating rotation speeds from lines that are widely separated in wavelength. The rapidly rotating photospheric models predict far too small an infrared excess, as well as too small an intrinsic polarization. The explanation of these observations requires that geometrically extended envelopes be considered. Theoretical models for the intrinsic polarization are critically discussed. It is stressed that polarization is a powerful diagnostic for determining the asymmetrical structure of the outer atmospheres of the Be stars.

scholarly journals Atlas of high-resolution emission and shell lines in Be stars. Line profiles and short-term variability

1996 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Hanuschik ◽  
W. Hummel ◽  
E. Sutorius ◽  
O. Dietle ◽  
G. Thimm
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Variability

scholarly journals Spectrophotometry of Supernovae

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 533-544
Author(s):  
R. P. Kirshner
Keyword(s):  
Emission Lines ◽  
Absorption Lines ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Energy Distributions ◽  
Maximum Light ◽  
Balmer Lines ◽  
B Lines ◽  
Infrared Triplet ◽  
The Continuum

AbstractAbsolute spectral energy distributions for supernovae of both types I and II have been obtained. These observations demonstrate three facets of supernova spectra. First, both SN I’s and SN II’s have a continuum that varies slowly and uniformly with time, and which carries the bulk of the radiated flux at early epochs. Second, some lines in both SN I’s and SN II’s have P Cygni profiles: broad emissions flanked on their violet edges by broad absorptions. Third, some lines are common to SN I’s and SN II’s and persist throughout the evolution of the spectrum. The continuum temperatures for both SN I’s and SN II’s are about 10000 K at the earliest times of observation and drop in one month’s time to about 6000 K for SN II’s and about 7000 K for SN I’s. After several months, the continuum may cease to carry the bulk of the flux, which might be in emission lines, but continues to exist, as shown by the presence of absorption lines. The P Cygni line profiles indicate expansion velocities of 15000 km s-1 in SN II’s and 20000 km s-11 in the SN I 1972e in NGC 5253. Line identifications for SN II’s include Hα, Hβ, H and K of Ca II, the Ca II infrared triplet at λ8600, the Na I D-lines, the Mg I b-lines at λ5174, and perhaps Fe II. The [O I] lines λλ6300, 6363 and [Ca II] lines λλ7291, 7323 appear after eight months. For SN I’s, the lines identified are H and K of Ca II, the infrared Ca II lines, the Na I D-lines, and the Mg I b-lines. There is some evidence that Balmer lines are present two weeks after maximum. The strong and puzzling λ4600 features drifts with time from λ4600 near maximum light to λ4750 after 400 days.

scholarly journals Apparent Variation of v sin i and Rotational Modulation in Be Stars

2004 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 93-94
Author(s):  
C. Neiner ◽  
S. Jankov ◽  
M. Floquet ◽  
A. M. Hubert
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Magnetic Dipole ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Transform Method ◽  
Rotational Modulation ◽  
Be Star ◽  
Apparent Variation ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
First Time

v sin i was determined by applying the Fourier transform method to the line profiles of two classical Be Stars. A variation is observed in the apparent v sin i which corresponds to the main frequencies associated to nrp modes. Rotational modulation is observed in wind sensitive UV lines of the Be star ω Ori and is associated with an oblique magnetic dipole which is discovered for the first time in a classical Be star.

scholarly journals Be stars in X-ray binary systems

2000 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 656-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Coe
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
Circumstellar Disk ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Status ◽  
Be Star

AbstractThis paper will review the status of our observations and understanding of Be stars in X-ray binary systems. In virtually all cases the binary partner to the Be star is a neutron star. The circumstellar disk provides the accretion fuel and hence stimulates the X-ray emission, whilst the neutron star provides a valuable probe of the environment around the Be star. The results coming from studies of such systems are helping in our understanding of the Be phenomenon.

scholarly journals Spectro-interferometric observations of a sample of Be stars

2019 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. A123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. R. Cochetti ◽  
C. Arcos ◽  
S. Kanaan ◽  
A. Meilland ◽  
L. S. Cidale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Velocity ◽  
Velocity Ratio ◽  
Density Wave ◽  
Wave Structure ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Rotation Velocity ◽  
Variable Stars ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Be Stars ◽  
Infrared Excess

Context. Be stars are rapid rotators surrounded by a gaseous disk envelope whose origin is still under debate. This envelope is responsible for observed emission lines and large infrared excess. Aims. To progress in the understanding of the physical processes involved in the disk formation, we estimate the disk parameters for a sample of Be stars and search for correlations between these parameters and stellar properties. Methods. We performed spectro-interferometric observations of 26 Be stars in the region of the Brγ line to study the kinematical properties of their disks through the Doppler effect. Observations were performed at the Paranal observatory with the VLTI/AMBER interferometer. This instrument provides high spectral (R ≃ 12 000) and high spatial (θmin = 4 mas) resolutions. Results. We modeled 18 Be stars with emission in the Brγ line. The disk kinematic is described by a quasi-Keplerian rotation law, with the exception of HD 28497 that presents a one-arm density-wave structure. Using a combined sample, we derived a mean value for the velocity ratio V̅/V̅c = 0.75 (where Vc is the critical velocity), and found that rotation axes are probably randomly distributed in the sky. Disk sizes in the line component model are in the range of 2–13 stellar radii and do not correlate with the effective temperature or spectral type. However, we found that the maximum size of a stable disk correlates with the rotation velocity at the inner part of the disk and the stellar mass. Conclusions. We found that, on average, the Be stars of our combined sample do not rotate at their critical velocity. However, the centrifugal force and mass of the star defines an upper limit size for a stable disk configuration. For a given rotation, high-mass Be stars tend to have more compact disks than their low-mass counterparts. It would be interesting to follow up the evolution of the disk size in variable stars to better understand the formation and dissipation processes of their circumstellar disks.

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