Classical Be stars: Rapidly rotating B stars with viscous Keplerian decretion disks

Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rivinius, Thomas ^a   Carciofi, Alex C ^b   Martayan, Christophe ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Stars: circumstellar matter; Stars: emission line, Be; Stars: oscillations; Stars: rotation; Stars: winds, outflows

Indexed keywords

STARS: CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTERS; STARS: EMISSION-LINE , BE; STARS: OSCILLATION; STARS: ROTATION; STARS: WINDS , OUTFLOWS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; STARS;

ROTATING DISKS;

EID: 84886417021     PISSN: 09354956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-013-0069-0     Document Type: Review

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