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Continuous spectra of circumstellar envelopes of Be stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

D. Rohe-Koths  and
J. Dachs
D. Rohe-Koths
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
J. Dachs
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany

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Line emission in Be star spectra is accompanied by continuous emission both in the Balmer continuum and in the infrared spectral region, due to the same process that is responsible for Balmer line emission, i.e. to recombination radiation from ionized hydrogen in the extended circumstellar disks surrounding the hot central stars.

Type
6. Be Stars: Circumstellar Environment
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 162: Pulsation, Rotation and Mass Loss in Early-Type Stars , 1994 , pp. 425 - 426
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994