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Keywords

stars: rotation
stars: winds
outflows
stars: Wolf-Rayet

How to Cite

Measuring the Rotation Rates of Wolf-Rayet Stars From Large-Scale Wind Variability. (2008). Revista Mexicana De Astrofísica Y Astronomía Serie De Conferencias, 33(1), 32-34. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxac/article/view/2008rmxac..33...32c
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Abstract

The rotational velocity of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars cannot be measured directly from ``classical'' photospheric absorption lines. However, it can be infered from periodic large-scale wind variability. After identifying a list of WR stars presenting large-scale spectral variability, we have monitored 3 of them intensively. The period of these stars, along with the already published periods of WR6 and WR134, lead to a rotational velocity for WR stars in the range of 10-60 km s^{-1}.