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Variability in Magnetic Stars

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Problems raised by these stars can be understood if the absorption line spectrum originates in different layers of a circumstellar envelope as a compression wave propagates through the envelope.

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BROWNE, P. Variability in Magnetic Stars. Nature 220, 1296–1298 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201296a0

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