Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991mnras.249..327j&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 249, March 15, 1991, p. 327-335.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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B Stars, Emission Spectra, Stellar Rotation, Absorption Spectra, Line Spectra, Spectral Line Width, Starspots
Scientific paper
Theoretical line profiles for rotating B stars have been calculated in an effort to explain recent observations of quasi-emission bumps in the corse of some absorption lines. It is found that, assuming the stellar atmospheres are in LTE, purely rotational effects alone cannot account for the observations. Subsequently it is verified that an equator-to-pole reduction in absorption-line equivalent width by a sufficient amount can produce a central reversal in the convolved line profile, but that its strength depends on both the reduction factor and the intrinsic line width. Allowing that such an equivalent width variation is caused by a variation in Teff, observed line profiles can be reproduced by introducing a cold polar cap. It is not apparent that these have any physical basis, but possible tests of the hypothesis are indicated.
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