Stellar and circumstellar activity of the Be star μ Centauri - I. Line emission outbursts

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-140

  Rivinius, Th ^a   Baade, D ^b   Stefl S ^c   Stahl, O ^a   Wolf, B ^a   Kaufer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Circumstellar matter; Stars: emission line, Be; Stars: individual: Cen; Stars: mass loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000523586     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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