Σ Ori E: the Archetypal Rigidly Rotating Magnetosphere
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I review the basic concepts of the Rigidly Rotating Magnetosphere model for the circumstellar plasma distribution around the helium-strong star σ Ori E. I demonstrate that the model can furnish a good fit to the photo-metric, spectroscopic and magnetic variability exhibited by this star, and argue that the variability of other helium-strong stars may be amenable to a similar interpretation.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005