D. Stathopoulos

The The structure of the Si IV region in Be stars: a study of Si IV spectral lines in Be 68 stars

Using the GR model, we analyze the UV Si IV resonance lines in the spectra of 68 Be stars of different spectral subtypes, in order to detect the structure of Si IV region. We calculated the values of the rotational, radial and random velocities as well as the absorbed energy of each one of the λλ 1393.755, 1402.778 A Si IV resonance lines and we present the relation between some of these parameters and their variation as a function of the spectral subtype.

A Statistical Study of the Si IV Resonance Line Parameters in 19 Be Stars

Abstract Using the GR model, we analyze the ultraviolet Si IV resonance lines in the spectra of 19 Be stars of different spectral subtypes, in order to detect the presence of absorption components and to analyze their characteristics. From this analysis we can calculate the values of a group of physical parameters, such as the apparent rotational and radial velocities, the random velocities of the ion thermal motions, as well as the absorbed energy and the logarithm of the column density of the independent regions of matter which produce the main and the satellite components of the studied spectral lines.

Studying the complex absorption profiles of Si IV in 21 HiBALQSO spectra

We investigate the physical conditions and kinematics of broad absorption line region clouds of Si IV in 21 HiBAL Quasars. We use the Danezis et al. method [1], [2], [3] in order to fit and analyze the broad absorption troughs of Si IV resonance lines in the UV region of the electromagnetic spectrum. We find that the BAL flow is not smooth but instead plasma clouds are formed in it. BAL troughs present multicomponent structure which indicates the existence of more than one absorbing cloud in the line of sight, where every absorbing cloud produces a Si IV doublet. We show that the blending of these doublets produces the apparent broad absorption troughs we observe. One of our main achievements is that we managed to decompose and deblend each complex absorption trough to the individual doublets that it consists of. Apart from that, we succeeded in deblending the resonance lines of every doublet. By achieving accurate fits to the BAL troughs we calculated some physical and kinematical parameters that describe the plasma clouds in the line of sight. These parameters are: the radial outflow velocities of the clouds, the random velocities of ions inside each plasma cloud, the apparent optical depth in the center of every absorption component, the FWHM and the equivalent width. As a final step we correlate these physical parameters in order to draw useful conclusions.

Studying the UV Mg II Resonance Lines in 20 Be Stars

Abstract Using the GR model, we analyze the UV Mg II resonance lines in the spectra of 20 Be stars of different spectral subtypes, in order to detect the presence of satellite or discrete absorption components. The values of some physical parameters – rotational, radial and random velocities, as well as the FWHM and the absorbed energy, as a function of the effective temperature for the studied stars are determined.

The Complex Broad Absorption Line Profiles in a Sample of QSO Spectra

Abstract Most of the Broad Absorption Lines (BALs) in quasars show very complex profiles. An idea to explain these profiles is that the dynamical systems of broad line regions are not homogeneous but consist of a number of dense regions or ion populations with different physical parameters. This approach is used to study the ultraviolet CIV resonance lines in the spectra of a group of high ionization BAL quasars, using the Gauss-Rotation model.

Studying the complex BAL profiles in the BALQSOs spectra

Most of Broad Absorption Lines (BALs) in quasars (QSOs) present very complex profiles. This means that we cannot fit them with a known physical distribution. An idea to explain these profiles is that the dynamical systems of Broad Line Regions (BLRs) are not homogeneous but consist of a number of density regions or ion populations with different physical parameters. Each one of these density regions gives us an independent classical absorption line. If the regions that give rise to such lines rotate with large velocities and move radially with small velocities, the produced lines have large widths and small shifts. As a result they are blended among themselves as well as with the main spectral line and thus they are not discrete. Based on this idea we study the BALs of UV C IV resonance lines in the spectra of a group of Hi ionization Broad Absorption Line Quasars (Hi BALQSOs) using the Gauss- Rotation model (GR model).

AX Mon (HD 45910) Kinematical Parameters in the Fe II Spectral Lines as a Function of the Excitation Potential

In the UV spectrum of AX Mon (HD 45910) we observe a series of spectral lines with complex structure and peculiar profiles. This peculiarity is due to SACs or DACs. In this paper, using the GR model, we study the complex profile of Fe II spectral lines and we calculate the relation of some kinematical parameters of the regions that create the DACs/SACs with the excitation potential.