Deep photospheric flows in Tau Scorpii

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B Stars, Photosphere, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Winds, Ultraviolet Spectra, Chromosphere, Convective Heat Transfer, Flow Velocity, Frequency Shift, Hot Stars, Line Spectra, Mass Transfer, Oao 3, Radial Velocity, Stellar Coronas

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From analysis of weak, unblended, ultraviolet lines observed in Tau Scorpii by Copernicus, the same line widths and the same slightly blue-depressed wings as found in the upper photospheric lines of the visual region are found. In addition, a radial-velocity discrepancy of about 6 km/s between weak and strong lines in the 1000-1300-A region is found. These results are in quantitative agreement with one another and with the results of the visual region. They imply that a flow of material is present even in the deep photosphere of this star. However, one cannot yet specify the geometry of the flow (outward-radial versus temperature-weighted convection columns). At the least, this flow alters the expected radiation-driven flow solution close to the photosphere. At the most, it could provide the heating of a chromosphere or a corona just outside the photosphere, as required by the imperfect flow model.

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