Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-09-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Proc. 13th Cool Stars Workshop, Hamburg, 5-9 July 2004, F.Favata et al., eds. 7 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
Spectral-line displacements away from the wavelengths naively expected from the Doppler shift caused by stellar radial motion may originate as convective shifts (correlated velocity and brightness patterns in the photosphere), as gravitational redshifts, or perhaps be induced by wave motions. Absolute lineshifts, in the past studied only for the Sun, are now accessible also for other stars thanks to astrometric determination of stellar radial motion, and spectrometers with accurate wavelength calibration. Comparisons between spectroscopic apparent radial velocities and astrometrically determined radial motions reveal greater spectral blueshifts in F-type stars than in the Sun (as theoretically expected from their more vigorous convection), further increasing in A-type stars (possibly due to atmospheric shockwaves). An important near-future development to enable a further analysis of stellar surface structure will be the study of wavelength variations across spatially resolved stellar disks, e.g., the center-to-limb wavelength changes along a stellar diameter, and their spatially resolved time variability.
Dravins Dainis
Lindegren Lennart
Ludwig Hans Günter
Madsen Soeren
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