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Line profiles of OB star winds using a Monte Carlo method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2011

Brankica Šurlan  and
Jiří Kubát
Brankica Šurlan
Affiliation:
Astronomický ústav, Akademie věd České republiky, CZ-251 65 Ondřejov email: surlan@sunstel.asu.cas.cz, kubat@sunstel.asu.cas.cz Matematički Institut SANU, Kneza Mihaila 36, 11001 Beograd, Serbia
Jiří Kubát
Affiliation:
Astronomický ústav, Akademie věd České republiky, CZ-251 65 Ondřejov email: surlan@sunstel.asu.cas.cz, kubat@sunstel.asu.cas.cz
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Abstract

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The solution of the radiative transfer in an expanding atmospheres using the Monte Carlo method is presented. We applied our method to winds of several OB stars. In our calculation, the velocity and density structure is assumed to be given. Selected line profiles are shown.

Keywords

radiative transferline: formationstars: windsoutflows
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S272: Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss, and critical limits , July 2010 , pp. 214 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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