Download or read book The Be Phenomenon in Early-type Stars written by Myron A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Contains 137 papers presented at the June 1999 meeting on Be stars and possible connections to other types of hot stars. The authors report on the results from the use of new missions and technologies, the production of periodic and aperiodic variability in the atmospheres of Be stars, models of circumstellar discs, and the relationship of binary systems to the Be phenomenon. Topics include the Be phenomenon in A-type supergiants, Hipparcos positions of B/Be stars on the HR diagram, and the role of polarimetry as a diagnostic of circumstellar envelopes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)