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Coupled Line-Profile and Continuum Variations in EZ Canis Majoris: Implications for the Driving Mechanism of Global Wind Structures in Wolf-Rayet Winds
Morel, Thierry; St-Louis, Nicole; Moffat, Anthony F J et al.
1998In Astrophysical Journal, 498, p. 413
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Keywords :
STARS: MASS LOSS; STARS: WOLF-RAYET; STARS: INDIVIDUAL CONSTELLATION NAME: EZ CANIS MAJORIS
Abstract :
[en] EZ CMa is an apparently unusual Wolf-Rayet star of the nitrogen sequence that exhibits strong variations on a period of 3.77 days with coherency lasting typically about 10 cycles. We have used an extensive set of optical spectroscopic observations to investigate a possible link between its line-profile and photometric continuum variability. Despite the strong epoch dependency of the variations, a persistent correlation is found between changes in the wind line profiles (N V lambda lambda 4604, 4620 in particular) and in continuum flux emanating near the stellar core. We suggest that these observations give further support to the idea that the physical conditions prevailing in the vicinity of the star's photosphere have a significant impact on the wind structure and that a spatial dependence of these conditions at the base of the outflow induces the formation of azimuthal wind structures in EZ CMa. The epoch-dependent nature of the variability could be related to long-term behavior of corotating magnetic structures, although pulsational instabilities constitute a viable alternative.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Morel, Thierry  ;  Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
St-Louis, Nicole
Moffat, Anthony F J
Cardona, Octavio
Koenigsberger, Gloria
Hill, Grant M
Language :
English
Title :
Coupled Line-Profile and Continuum Variations in EZ Canis Majoris: Implications for the Driving Mechanism of Global Wind Structures in Wolf-Rayet Winds
Publication date :
01 May 1998
Journal title :
Astrophysical Journal
ISSN :
0004-637X
eISSN :
1538-4357
Publisher :
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, United States - Illinois
Volume :
498
Pages :
413
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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