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Selective absorption in γ2 Velorum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Chris Lloyd
Affiliation:
Space Science Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
David J. Stickland
Affiliation:
Space Science Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK

Abstract

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Detailed analysis of the phase-dependent line-profile variations of IUE observations γ2 Velorum it is found that selective absorption by the wind is the dominant source of variation in the UV. Excess emission from the shock zone also contributes but this too is selectively absorbed.

Type
Part 3. Interaction of Wolf-Rayet stars and other hot massive stars with their environment: colliding winds and ring nebulae
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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