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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-540-74256-2_5 | ||
| Año | 2008 | ||
| Tipo | proceedings paper |
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After a brief review of rotation among upper main sequence stars and von Zeipel's [1] theory for the interiors, we describe our interferometric measurements of two bright A stars, Altair and Vega. The Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer [2] (jointly operated by the US Naval Observatory, the Naval Research Laboratory and Lowell Observatory) which works at visible wavelengths has implemented baselines of sufficient length to initiate true imaging of the disks of the brightest A stars. We report here measurements of Altair, the third brightest A star in the sky. "Closure phase" techniques show that Altair deviates dramatically from a normal limb-darkened disk, indicating a strongly asymmetric intensity distribution. A Roche model provides a good fit to the data, indicating that Altair is rotating at about 90% of its breakup (angular) velocity. We find that a gravity darkening law exponent appropriate for a radiative star is required by the observations and we describe the potential of this object for testing the assumption of solid body rotation throughout its envelope. We will also describe recent measurements of Vega which confirm the proposed interpretation of spectral line measurements indicating that this star is also rapidly rotating, but seen nearly pole on.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Peterson, D. M. | - |
SUNY Stony Brook - Estados Unidos
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| 2 | Hummel, Christian A. | Hombre |
ESO - Chile
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| 3 | Pauls, T. A. | - |
Naval Res Lab - Estados Unidos
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| 4 | Armstrong, J. T. | - | |
| 5 | Benson, J. A. | - | |
| 6 | Gilbreath, C. G. | - | |
| 7 | Hindsley, R. B. | - | |
| 8 | Hutter, D. J. | - | |
| 9 | Johnston, K. J. | - |
U S Naval Observ - Estados Unidos
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| 10 | Mozurkewich, David | Hombre |
Seabrook Engn - Estados Unidos
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| 11 | Richichi, A | - | |
| 12 | Delplancke, F | - | |
| 13 | Paresce, F | - | |
| 14 | Chelli, A | - |