Pulsational mode-typing in line profile variables. I - Four Beta Cephei stars

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May 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980apj...238..250c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 238, May 15, 1980, p. 250-265.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Line Spectra, Periodic Variations, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Models, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Variable Stars, Atmospheric Effects, Cycles, High Dispersion Spectrographs, Plasma Turbulence, Radial Velocity, Spectral Line Width, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Rotation, Velocity Distribution

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The detailed variations of line profiles in the Beta Cephei-type variable stars Gamma Pegasi, Beta Cephei, Delta Ceti and Sigma Scorpii are modeled throughout their pulsation cycles in order to classify the dominant pulsation mode as radial or nonradial. High-dispersion Reticon observations of the variables were obtained for the Si III line at 4567 A, and line profiles broadened by radial or nonradial pulsations, rotation and radial-tangential macroturbulence were calculated based on a model atmosphere. It is found that only a radial pulsation mode can reproduce the radial velocity amplitude, changes in line asymmetry and uniform line width observed in all four stars. Results are in agreement with the color-to-light arguments of Stamford and Watson (1978), and suggest that radial pulsation plays the dominant role in the observed variations in most Beta Cephei stars. Evidence for shocks or moving shells is also found in visual line data for Sigma Scorpii and an ultraviolet line of Beta Cephei, together with evidence of smooth, secular period changes in Beta Cephei and Delta Ceti.

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