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Atmospheric Shock Effects in Early B Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

P. A. Stamford  and
R. D. Watson
P. A. Stamford
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
R. D. Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
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Both radial and non-radial motions have been suggested at various stages to explain the observational peculiarities of the β Cephei variables. The non-radial possibility has been investigated most recently by Smith (1977) and Stamford and Watson (1977). We here examine the radial shock proposal by generating a series of isothermal radial shock models in suitable early B star atmospheres. Odgers (1955) has long advocated such a model in connection with the large amplitude variable BW Vul. The observations of Goldberg, Walker and Odgers (1976) clearly show a radial velocity ‘stillstand’ effect and line splitting in this star. We discuss our models in the context of these two phenomena.

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Galactic
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , 1978 , pp. 273 - 275
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1978

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