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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 350, 期 1, 页码 189-195出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07627.x
关键词
line : profiles; techniques : spectroscopic; stars : emission-line, Be; stars : fundamental parameters; stars : rotation
We argue that, in general, observational studies of Be-star rotation have paid insufficient attention to the effects of equatorial gravity darkening. We present newline-profile calculations that emphasize the insensitivity of line width to rotation for fast rotators. Coupled with a critical review of observational procedures, these calculations suggest that the observational parameter v sin i may systematically underestimate the true projected equatorial rotation velocity, v e sin i, by some tens of per cent for rapid rotators. A crucial implication of this work is that Be stars may be rotating much closer to their critical velocities than is generally supposed, bringing a range of new processes into contention for the elusive physical mechanism responsible for the circumstellar disc thought to be central to the Be phenomenon.
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