Rapid line-profile variability of H-alpha and H-beta in the A-type shell star HD 163296

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A Stars, H Alpha Line, H Beta Line, Line Spectra, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Shell Stars, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Mass, Stellar Spectra, Variations, Absorption Spectra, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Charge Coupled Devices, Emission Spectra, Stellar Winds, Visible Spectrum

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The results of the H-alpha and H-beta line profile investigation of an A0-shell star HD 163296 are presented. 47 high-resolution CCD spectra (35 for H-alpha and 12 for H-beta) were obtained on July 15-20, 1991 and on July 24-27, 1992. A considerable profile variability is found on time scales from one hour to a few days. The main properties of the night-to-night variations are strong change in shape of the entire line profile with the exception of the primary PCyg-absorption which remains relatively constant both in strength and in position. Two types of extremely rapid variations (tau approximately equal hours) are discovered: (a) positional shift of sharp spectral bumps, and (b) monotonous flux variations of different parts of a profile during a night. A qualitative explanation in the framework of the model for an envelope containing an active non-stable region formed by an equatorially concentrated stellar wind and an external cool shell is proposed for the observed variability. Some reasons for the extremely rapid profile changes are considered.

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