Global picture of a Be star
Abstract
An attempt is made to synthesize the observational material on Be stars into a empirical pattern of atmospheric structure. The sequence of atmospheric regions is developed and empirical-numerical estimates of location and structure of the regions are described. Inferences are drawn concerning the general stellar structure required to generate the nonthermal fluxes which produce the observed atmospheric pattern. In particular the atmospheric and subatmospheric origins of mass flux are addressed.
- Publication:
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NASA Special Publication
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982NASSP.456..409T
- Keywords:
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- B Stars;
- Stellar Atmospheres;
- Stellar Models;
- Stellar Structure;
- Stellar Coronas;
- Stellar Envelopes;
- Stellar Mass;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Astronomy