Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992a%26a...257..663l&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 257, no. 2, p. 663-670.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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A Stars, H Alpha Line, Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Winds, Early Stars, Radiative Transfer, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Composition, Stellar Coronas
Scientific paper
We present new observations of the H-alpha line profile for five main-sequence A-type stars, where very high SNRs were achieved. A search for weak asymmetries was carried out to detect a stellar wind, but the many telluric absorption lines in this range prevent us from taking the full benefit of the high SNRs. This situation was improved by modeling the telluric absorptions to remove them from the observed spectra, but the H-alpha profiles were nevertheless found to be quite symmetric. We calculated the profile of the H-alpha line for a grid of model atmospheres of an A-type star including a weak wind, in order to assess an upper limit on the mass loss rate. The asymmetry is found to be sensitive to the velocity law and to the turbulent velocity of the wind, but its first moment depends much less on them. The upper limits deduced on the mass loss rate are between 1 and 2 x 10 exp -10 solar mass/yr. An improvement up to a factor 10 could be anticipated if new observations could be secured from a much drier location, achieving similar SNRs.
Catala Claude
Lanz Thierry
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