Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Active OB-Stars conference, Sapporo, Japan
Scientific paper
We present self-consistent solutions for the disk structure of classical Be stars. Our disk model is hydrostatically supported in the vertical direction and the radial structure is governed by viscosity ($\alpha$-disks). We perform three-dimensional non-LTE Monte Carlo simulations to calculate simultaneously both the equilibrium temperature and Hydrogen level populations and to solve self-consistently for the density structure of the disk. We discuss the general properties of the solution for the disk structure and test our model against observations of $\delta$ Scorpii. Our results confirm that a viscous decretion disk model is consistent with these observations.
Bjorkman Jon E.
Bjorkman Karen S.
Carciofi Alex C.
Magalhaes Antonio Mario
Miroshnichenko Anatoly S.
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