Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994pasp..106..949m&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 106, no. 703, p. 949-963
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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B Stars, Beryllium, Emission Spectra, Linear Polarization, Optical Properties, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Rotation, Ubv Spectra, Astronomical Photometry, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Electron Density (Concentration), Stellar Activity, Stellar Oscillations
Scientific paper
Optical polarization data in the UBVRI filter system for eight bright northern Be stars are presented here as the continuation of a long-term monitoring project begun in 1984. There are no strong cases of night-to-night variability, and the only star showing unmistakable changes in polarization from year to year over the nine years covered by the program is pi Aquarii. Even though the observed sample spans a wide range in spectral type, v sin i, and degree of intrinsic polarization, the normalized wavelength dependence of the polarization is surprisingly similar for all of the stars. Analysis of the wavelength dependence of the variable polarization of pi Aqr in terms of a simple equatorial-disk model suggests that changes in the circumstellar electron number density alone may be sufficient to account for the observations, but it is not clear what real physical mechanism is involved.
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