Determination of the rotational excitation temperature in solar type stars.

Rego, M.; Fernandez-Figueroa, M. J.; Perea, A.

Spain

Abstract

The OH molecular spectrum has been identified in three solar type stars, β Com, β CVn, and κ Cet. The rotational excitation temperature from molecular line intensities of OH has been determined for these stars. The observations in high resolution were made by use of the IUE satellite.

1982 Astrophysics and Space Science
IUE 1