The presence of Si(3+) and C(3+) in the wind of AB AUR

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Chromosphere, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Composition, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Winds, Ultraviolet Spectra, Variable Stars, A Stars, Carbon Stars, Ionization, Resonance Lines, Silicon, Stellar Models, Stellar Temperature

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The Herbig Ae variable AB Aur (spectral type A0) exhibits a line spectrum characteristic of a stellar wind. IUE observations of the Si IV and C IV resonance lines in AB Aur are reported. These lines are strong and in absorption. Two models can explain the presence of Si3+ and C3+ in the wind of AB Aur: a "remote chromosphere" model, with a temperature rise up to 105K, occurring beyond the point where the ionizing radiation begins to depart from the local Planck function, and a "deep chromosphere" model, with a temperature rise up to 15,000 - 18,000K, located just above the stellar photosphere. Several additional observational arguments are in favor of the "deep chromosphere" model.

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