Title of article
Light curves of the Be stars of NGC3766
Author/Authors
Rachael M. Roettenbacher، نويسنده , , M. Virginia McSwain، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
Pages
2
From page
545
To page
546
Abstract
Nonradial pulsations (NRPs) are a possible formation mechanism for the equatorial disks surrounding Be stars. The open cluster NGC 3766 has a high fraction of transient Be stars, Be stars that have been observed with both emission due to a circumstellar disk and a non-emitting B-type spectrum. Because of the large fraction of transient Be stars, this cluster is a prime location for studying the formation mechanisms of Be star disks. We observed NGC 3766 for more than 25 nights over three years to generate Stromgren uvby light curves of the Be population. We present the results of a period search to investigate the presence of NRPs.
Keywords
open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 3766) , stars: emission-line , Be , Stars: oscillations (including pulsations)
Journal title
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Serial Year
2010
Journal title
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Record number
667944
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