We have computed theoretical models of circumstellar disks for the classical Be stars κ Dra, β Psc, and υ Cyg. Models were constructed using a non-LTE radiative transfer code developed by \citet{sig07} which incorporates a number of improvements over previous treatments of the disk thermal structure, including a realistic chemical composition. Our models are constrained by direct comparison with long baseline optical interferometric observations of the Hα emitting regions and by contemporaneous Hα line profiles. Detailed comparisons of our predictions with Hα interferometry and spectroscopy place very tight constraints on the density distributions for these circumstellar disks.
@article{arxiv.0807.1515,
title = {A Parameter Study of Classical Be Star Disk Models Constrained by Optical Interferometry},
author = {C. E. Jones and C. Tycner and T. A. A. Sigut and J. A. Benson and D. J. Hutter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1515},
year = {2009}
}