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Rotating Stellar Atmospheres and the Energy Distribution of Altair

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Peter R. Jordahl*
Affiliation:
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Models of rotating stellar atmospheres have been constructed for masses appropriate to middle and late A stars, and some of the photometric properties of these models are discussed. A specific model for the rapidly rotating star Altair has been constructed matching the observed radius, luminosity, and projected rotational velocity. It is found that the energy distribution predicted for the model agrees well with that observed for Altair, after the latter has been corrected for line blanketing.

Type
Part II / The Effects of Rotation on Stellar Atmospheres
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970

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