Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990mnras.243..320b&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 243, March 15, 1990, p. 320-329. Research supported by
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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B Stars, Iue, Stellar Mass, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Supergiant Stars, Line Spectra, Resonance Lines, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Stellar Winds
Scientific paper
A survey of IUE spectra is presented for supergiants of spectral class B5-B9 illustrating the behavior of line profiles associated with mass-loss effects. The main purpose of this survey is to better identify the spectral mass-loss features which occur in such stars in order to present a clearer observational picture of the nature and the timescale of their variability. Time varying 'narrow' or 'discrete absorption components' (DAC) are detected across the full spectral class range but for the Ia supergiants only. Significant variations in the wind C IV and Si IV profiles are observed corresponding to different mass-loss episodes. The line strengths and the edge velocities of the wind profiles in the higher ionization ions and their time variability tend to decrease towards later spectral type. However, details of systematic trends with effective temperature are obscured somewhat by the scale of variability which is observed for a given star.
Bates Brandon
Gilheany S.
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