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Photometric studies of Be star variability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

John R. Percy
John R. Percy*
Affiliation:
Erindale Campus, University of Toronto Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6

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Be stars are hot stars which have shown emission in at least one Balmer line on at least one occasion. As the definition implies, the Be phenomenon can be variable with time: on time scales of days to decades as the circumstellar disc develops and disperses; on time scales of days to months in a few Be stars which are interacting binaries; on time scales of 0.2 to 2 days due to non-radial pulsation or possibly rotation. The Be stars are worthy of photometric study because they are bright and numerous; the nature of the short-term variability is not yet agreed upon; the cause of the development of the disc - and its relationship to the short-term variability - is also not yet known.

Type
5. Be Stars: Spectroscopy and Photometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 162: Pulsation, Rotation and Mass Loss in Early-Type Stars , 1994 , pp. 299 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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