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Decretion disk

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A decretion disk is fed near its inner edge and transports mass outward. Rapidly rotating Be stars can sustain gaseous decretion disks whose outer material is removed by a companion, radiation, or a wind.
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A Be star is a rapidly rotating B-type star showing Balmer emission from a circumstellar gaseous decretion disk.

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