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Recent Spectroscopic Evidence for Aperiodic Activity in Classical Be Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Myron A. Smith
Myron A. Smith*
Affiliation:
Computer Sciences Corporation &Catholic Univ. of America

Abstract

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This review focuses on aperiodic line profile activity in several Be stars, ignoring attributes of pulsations probably occurring in any of the stars studied. Herein, I discuss spectroscopic evidence of heating (and cooling) of regions of Be star atmospheres, of line profile transients called dimples and high velocity absorptions. These features will be interpreted in terms of mass ejections (not necessarily permanent). Some of these events are violent and spasmodic, some are ordered and quasisteady, and some are associated with downflows. I close with new evidence for time-varying, corotating clouds suspended over a few Be stars.

Type
4. Aperiodic Variations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 175: The Be Phenomenon in Early-Type Stars , 2000 , pp. 292 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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