A New Approach For DACs And SACs Phenomena In The Atmospheres Of Hot Emission Stars
Abstract
Introduction: As it is already known, the spectra of many Oe and Be stars present Discrete Absorption Components (DACs) which, due to their profiles' width as well as the values of the radial velocities, create a complicated profile of the main spectral lines. This fact is interpreted by the existence of two or more independent layers of matter, in the region where the spectral lines are formed. Such a structure is responsible for the formation of a series of satellite components (DACs or SACs) for each spectral line (Bates & Halliwell, 1986, Danezis et al. 2003, 2005). Method: In this paper we present a mathematical model reproducing the complex profile of the spectral lines of Oe and Be stars that present DACs or SACs. This model presupposes that the regions, where these spectral lines are formed, are not continuous but consist of a number of independent absorbing or emitting density layers of matter and an external general absorption region. In this model we assume that the line broadening is due to the random motion of the ions and the rotation of the density regions that produce the spectral line and its satellite components. With this method we can calculate the values of the apparent rotational and radial velocities, the Gaussian standard deviation of the random motions of the ions, the random velocities of these motions, as well as the optical depth, the Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM), the absorbed and the emitted energy and finally the column density of the independent regions of matter which produce the main and the satellites components of the studied spectral lines. Results: In order to check the above spectral line function, we calculated the rotational velocity of HeI λ 4387.928 Å absorption line in the spectra of five Be stars, using two methods, the classical Fourier analysis and our model. The values of the rotational velocities, calculated with Fourier analysis, are the same with the values calculated with our method. Discussion: We point out that the new and important aspect of this method is the values' calculation of the above parameters using the DACs or SACs theory.
- Publication:
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IAU Joint Discussion
- Pub Date:
- August 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006IAUJD...4E..11N