Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...251..139s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 251, Dec. 1, 1981, p. 139-151.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
100
B Stars, Line Spectra, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Winds, Equatorial Regions, Galactic Evolution, Gravity Anomalies, Photosphere, Silicon, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Temperature
Scientific paper
An analysis for the effects of stellar winds concerning Copernicus scans of Si III and Si IV resonance lines in the spectra of 22 early B stars, of which 19 have Be characteristics, yields line asymmetries in all but one of the stars to which theoretical profiles were fitted. The resulting wind parameters were used to calculate mass-loss rates. Most of the silicon in the winds of the cooler stars is in the form of Si III and Si IV, leading to a mass loss rate value ranging from 10 to the -11th to 3 x 10 to the -9th solar masses/year. Equatorial gravity darkening is seen in the relative velocity widths of ultraviolet and visible photospheric lines. The measured photospheric Si III and Si IV resonance-line equivalent widths do not agree with those predicted by current stellar atmosphere calculations. Be star mass loss rates are probably insufficient to affect either their own evolution or that of the galaxy, since their winds do not significantly contribute to the enrichment of the interstellar medium.
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