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UV Wind Variability in B Supergiants and its Implications for Wind Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Derek Massa
Affiliation:
Raytheon STX, NASA/GSFC, Code 631.0, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Raman K. Prinja
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, England, U.K.

Abstract

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We discuss why B supergiant winds are particularly well suited for wind studies, and present or refer to dynamic spectra which suggest the presence of disks, bifurcated winds, shock formation, rotationally modulated winds and the spontaneous generation of wind enhancements. They underscore the strength and richness of wind variability in B supergiants and the challenges these phenomena present to theoretical studies of stellar winds.

Type
Section III Variable Winds
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1999

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