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Disk and wind evolution of Achernar: the breaking of the fellowship

S. Kanaan, A. Meilland, P. Stee, J. Zorec, A. Domiciano de Souza, Y. Frémat, Danielle Briot

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2008 · 41 citations · 30 references

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Aims. We use spectral energy distributions (SEDs), Hα line profiles, and visibilities available in the literature to study Achernar's envelope geometry and to propose a possible scenario for its circumstellar disk formation and dissipation.

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