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Doppler Images of Rapidly Rotating Ap Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Artie P. Hatzes
Artie P. Hatzes*
Affiliation:
Lick Observatory, Board of Studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Abstract

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The magnetic Ap stars are characterized by the presence of large magnetic fields which undergo periodic variations. These magnetic field variations are accompanied by spectral variations caused by the inhomogeneous distribution of elements on the stellar surface. It is believed that the magnetic field plays an important role in determining this distribution. Accurate maps of the surface distribution of elements would provide valuable probes as to the field geometry as well as provide clues to the role of the magnetic fields in the atmospheres of these stars. We have developed a new technique for mapping the local equivalent width on a stellar surface from the observed spectral line variations.

Type
IV. Spectroscopic Patterns of Stellar Atmospheres
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 132: The Impact of Veryhigh S/N Spectroscopy on Stellar Physics , 1988 , pp. 199 - 204
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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