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Mar 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...244..947p&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 244, Mar. 15, 1981, p. 947-962.
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B Stars, Early Stars, Magnetic Stars, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Atmospheric Models, Boltzmann Transport Equation, Horizontal Orientation, Hydrogen, Main Sequence Stars, Neutral Atoms, Neutral Gases, Particle Interactions
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The Boltzmann moment equations governing the structure of the atmosphere of an early-type B star subject to a strong horizontal magnetic field are formulated. The motivation for this study is Vauclair's observation that earlier than B3 the neutral hydrogen of a main sequence star is buoyant because of radiation pressure on Lyman-alpha. It is shown in the isothermal approximation that a horizontal magnetic field strength of 2000 gauss will significantly increase the scale height of the atmosphere just above such photospheres (electron density = 10 to the 13th). It is suggested that evidence of such nonclassical atmospheres may exist in the unusual properties observed in a Cen and Sigma Ori E.
Peterson Deane M.
Theys J. C.
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