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Spectroscopic observations of stars in young open clusters have revealed evidence for a dichotomous distribution of stellar rotational velocities, with 10-30% of stars rotating slowly and the remaining 70-90% rotating fairly rapidly. At the…

Through cross-matching the ASASSN photometric light curves and LAMOST spectroscopic observations, we serendipitously captured a rare major outburst event from the Be star EPIC 202060631, lasting over 1000 days. Fortuitously, the LAMOST…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-21 Qing Gao , Hailong Yuan

Fast rotation seems to be the mayor factor to trigger the Be phenomenon. Surface fast rotation can be favored by initial formation conditions, such as abundance of metals. We have observed 118 Be stars up to the apparent magnitudes V=9 mag.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 R. S. Levenhagen , N. V. Leister , J. Zorec , Y. Frémat

Classical Ae (CAe) stars are main sequence, A-type stars with H{\alpha} emission but no signature of dust. They are thought to be the cool extension of the classical Be stars to lower masses. Recent surveys based on H{\alpha} spectroscopy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-06 R. Anusha , T. A. A. Sigut

I will show that Be stars are, without exception, a class of rapidly rotating stars, which are in the majority of cases pulsating stars as well, while none of them does possess a large scale (i.e. with significant dipolar contribution)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Th. Rivinius

Despite extensive study, the mechanisms by which Be star disks acquire high densities and angular momentum while displaying variability on many time scales are still far from clear. In this paper, we discuss how magnetic torquing may help…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. P. Cassinelli , J. C. Brown , M. Maheswaran , N. A. Miller , D. C. Telfer

Classical Be stars are hot non-supergiant stars surrounded by a gaseous circumstellar disk that is responsible for the observed IR-excess and emission lines. The influence of binarity on these phenomena remains controversial. delta Sco is a…

Be stars are rapidly rotating B stars with Balmer emission lines that indicate the presence of a Keplerian, rotationally supported, circumstellar gas disc. Current disc models, referred to as "decretion discs", make use of the zero torque…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-06 Chris Nixon , Jim Pringle

Light curves of 57 classical Be stars in TESS sectors 1 - 15 are examined. In most Be stars, the periodogram shows groups at a fundamental and one or more harmonics, which we attribute to rotation. In about 40 percent of the stars, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Luis A. Balona , Dogus Ozuyar

Motivated by recent suggestions that many Be stars form through binary mass transfer, we searched the APOGEE survey for Be stars with bloated, stripped companions. From a well-defined parent sample of 297 Be stars, we identified one…

Be stars, which are characterised by intermittent emission in their hydrogen lines, are known to be fast rotators. This fast rotation is a requirement for the formation of a Keplerian disk, which in turn gives rise to the emission. However,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 R. S. Schnerr , H. F. Henrichs , R. D. Oudmaijer , J. H. Telting

Detailed studies of Be stars in environments with different metallicities like the Magellanic Clouds or the Galactic bulge are necessary to understand the formation and evolution mechanisms of the circumstellar disks. However, a detailed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. E. Sabogal , R. E. Mennickent , G. Pietrzyński , J. A. García , W. Gieren , Z. Kolaczkowski , .

Be stars are B-type main-sequence stars that display broad Balmer emission lines in their spectra. Identification of Be population is essential to further examine the formation and evolutionary models. We report the detection of classical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Luqian Wang , Jiao Li , You Wu , Douglas R. Gies , Jin Zhong Liu , Chao Liu , Yanjun Guo , Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

Be stars are rapidly rotating B-type stars that exhibit Balmer emission lines in their optical spectra. These stars play an important role in studies of stellar evolution and disk structures. In this work, we carried out a systematic search…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-05 Lei Tan , Hui Deng , Ying Mei , Huanbin chi , Yixing Chen , Tianhang Liu , Feng Wang

In this paper, we investigate the evolutionary status of B[e]~stars from the point of view of stellar evolution theory. We try to answer to the question of how massive hot supergiants --- i.e. evolved stars --- can be capable of producing a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 N. Langer , A. Heger

Classical Be stars are rapid rotators of spectral type late O to early A and luminosity class V-III, wich exhibit Balmer emission lines and often a near infrared excess originating in an equatorially concentrated circumstellar envelope,…

Recent observational studies suggest that Be stars most likely are formed through the process of mass transfer in binary systems. In view of the wide consensus that the origin of the magnetic field in stars with radiative envelopes involves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 S. Hubrig , S. P. Järvinen , M. Schöller , I. Ilyin

It is assumed that Be star discs are driven by viscosity. Emission from disc models is calculated and is confronted with continuum observations. It is found that the outflowing viscous disc models can reproduce the observed IR continuum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John M. Porter

B[e] supergiants (B[e]SGs) are emission-line objects, presumably in a short-lived phase in the post-main sequence evolution of massive stars. Their intense infrared excess emission indicates large amounts of warm circumstellar dust, and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-18 Michaela Kraus

A significant number of Be stars show a second Balmer discontinuity (sBD) attributed to an extended circumstellar envelope (CE). The fast rotational velocity of Be stars undoubtedly plays a significant role in the formation of the CE.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Y. R. Cochetti , J. Zorec , L. S. Cidale , M. L. Arias , Y. Aidelman , A. F. Torres , Y. Frémat , A. Granada