Wind variability in the Large Magellanic Cloud B(e) supergiant HD 34664

Details Wind variability in the Large Magellanic Cloud B(e) supergiant HD 34664 Wind variability in the Large Magellanic Cloud B(e) supergiant HD 34664

Aug 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aj....106..790s&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 106, no. 2, p. 790-796.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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H Alpha Line, Magellanic Clouds, Polarimeters, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Winds, Supergiant Stars, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Linear Polarization

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We present optical linear spectropolarimetry of the B(e) supergiant HD 34664. The polarization and position angle display significant spectral features which correspond to the H-alpha and H-beta emission lines. We use the line polarizations to separate the interstellar foreground polarization from the intrinsic polarization of HD 34664. The intrinsic polarization is consistent with electron scattering in a circumstellar disk seen at high inclination and provides further and independent evidence for the two-component wind model of the B(e) supergiants. We compare the polarization and spectrum of HD 34664 to observations published in the literature. In our data the continuum polarization is by a factor of two larger and the H-alpha line-to-continuum ratio is by a factor of at least four increased over previous observations. Since both the polarization and the line intensity are measures of the electron density in the stellar wind, we suggest that the observed variations can be attributed to a rise in the stellar mass-loss rate.

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