{"paper":{"title":"Short-term variability and mass loss in Be stars I. BRITE satellite photometry of $\\eta$ and $\\mu$ Centauri","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.SR","authors_text":"A.C. Carciofi, A.F.J. Moffat, A. Mehner, A. Pigulski, A. Popowicz, Ch. Martayan, D. Baade, G.A. Wade, G. Handler, G. Whittaker, H. Pablo, J. Grunhut, R. Kuschnig, S. Rucinski, Th. Rivinius, W.W. Weiss","submitted_at":"2016-02-04T16:57:39Z","abstract_excerpt":"Empirical evidence for the involvement of nonradial pulsations (NRP's) in the mass loss from Be stars ranges from (i) a singular case (\\object{$\\mu$ Cen}) of repetitive mass ejections triggered by multi-mode beating to (ii) several photometric reports about enormous numbers of pulsation modes popping up during outbursts and on to (iii) effective single-mode pulsators.\n  The BRITE Constellation of nanosatellites was used to obtain mmag photometry of the Be stars $\\eta$ and \\object{$\\mu$ Cen}.\n  In the low-inclination star \\object{$\\mu$ Cen}, light pollution by variable amounts of near-stellar m"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1602.01744","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}