Emission-Line Profiles from Be-Star Envelopes with m=1 Perturbation Patterns

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Line Profiles, Stars: Be, Stars: Circumstellar Shells, Stars: Emission Lines, Stars: Variable

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We have studied the variations in the Balmer-line profiles from Be-star disks with eccentric (i.e., m=1) perturbation patterns. In order to examine the effects of oscillations on the line profiles, we assumed that the nonlinear perturbation patterns are similar to the linear m=1 eigenfunctions. In addition, we assumed that the source function is constant over the entire disk. Based on these assumptions, we computed the optically-thick line profiles for various values of the disk parameters. We found that the line-profile variability due to the m=1 perturbation patterns agrees well with the observed V/R variability. We also found that the amplitude of the profile shift associated with the V/R variation is sensitive to the density gradient in the radial direction. In particular, disks in which the local density decreases as steeply as r(-3) exhibit remarkable variabilities like the observed V/R variations. These variabilities occur for a wide range of disk sizes and line optical depths.

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