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High resolution profiles of permitted and forbidden lines in symbiotic stars are described, with particular reference to the broad wings. An interpretation of the data in terms of an optically thin accretion disc around a hot subdwarf is presented.
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Webster, B.L., Taaffe, L.H. & Kalnajs, A.J. Line profiles in symbiotic stars. Astrophys Space Sci 118, 295–298 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651139
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