On the ionization and velocity structure of expanding circumstellar envelopes

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Gas Ionization, Radial Velocity, Resonance Lines, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Winds, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Velocity Distribution, Cygnus Constellation, Early Stars, Electron Energy, Expansion, Stellar Atmospheres, Wolf-Rayet Stars

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It is shown that the envelope line profiles formed by the scattering of stellar continuum flux in expanding atmospheres of luminous, early-type and Wolf-Rayet stars are sensitive to the variation of (1) the optical depth in the line, and (2) the velocity gradient of the stellar wind, as a function of radial distance from the star. A theoretical profile sample is presented, and UV envelope line profiles observed in the spectra of stars with rapid mass loss via stellar wind are compared with theoretically predicted profiles. A discussion is also given concerning inferences from UV spectroscopic observations of the O7f supergiant UW CMa, the interacting early-type contact binary SV Cen, and the Wolf-Rayet star HD 192163, in light of the expanding envelope models.

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