Coupled Line-Profile and Continuum Variations in EZ Canis Majoris: Implications for the Driving Mechanism of Global Wind Structures in Wolf-Rayet Winds

Details Coupled Line-Profile and Continuum Variations in EZ Canis Majoris: Implications for the Driving Mechanism of Global Wind Structures in Wolf-Rayet Winds Coupled Line-Profile and Continuum Variations in EZ Canis Majoris: Implications for the Driving Mechanism of Global Wind Structures in Wolf-Rayet Winds

May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apj...498..413m&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.498, p.413

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Mass Loss, Stars: Wolf-Rayet, Stars: Individual Constellation Name: Ez Canis Majoris

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EZ CMa is an apparently unusual Wolf-Rayet star of the nitrogen sequence that exhibits strong variations on a period of 3.77 days with coherency lasting typically about 10 cycles. We have used an extensive set of optical spectroscopic observations to investigate a possible link between its line-profile and photometric continuum variability. Despite the strong epoch dependency of the variations, a persistent correlation is found between changes in the wind line profiles (N V lambda lambda 4604, 4620 in particular) and in continuum flux emanating near the stellar core. We suggest that these observations give further support to the idea that the physical conditions prevailing in the vicinity of the star's photosphere have a significant impact on the wind structure and that a spatial dependence of these conditions at the base of the outflow induces the formation of azimuthal wind structures in EZ CMa. The epoch-dependent nature of the variability could be related to long-term behavior of corotating magnetic structures, although pulsational instabilities constitute a viable alternative.

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