Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002mnras.332..714b&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 332, Issue 3, pp. 714-722.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Line: Profiles, Stars: Early-Type, Stars: Emission-Line, Be, Stars: Individual: Λ Eri
Scientific paper
We present three seasons of photometric observations and one season of intensive high-dispersion spectroscopic observations of the Be star λ Eridani. We show that only one period, P =0.70173d, is present in the photometry, although there are large light amplitude variations from season to season. We confirm a suspicion that light outbursts repeat at intervals of about 475d. A total of 348 echelle spectra of the star were obtained over a 2-week observing run. We show that the periodic variations are present in the emission wings of the helium lines, in the emission wings of the Hα line and in the absorption cores of Hβ and Hγ . Together with the fact that the periodic variations appear outside the projected rotational velocity limit, this indicates that they are associated with circumstellar material immediately above the photosphere and supports the idea of corotating gas clouds. We present evidence in support of a true rotational period of 2P =1.40346d and suggest that the mass loss in Be stars is caused by centrifugal magnetic acceleration.
Balona Luis A.
James David J.
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