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1998- 2003年北冕座R的光谱偏振测量:最大亮度下瞬态偏振的发现

Spectropolarimetry of R Coronae Borealis in 1998--2003: Discovery of Transient Polarization at Maximum Brightness

K. S. Kawabata, Y. Ikeda, H. Akitaya, M. Isogai, K. Matsuda, M. Matsumura, O. Nagae, M. Seki

摘要:

我们提出了一个扩展的光学偏振光谱的R CrB从1998年1月至2003年9月。在最大亮度阶段,偏振几乎是恒定的,与过去的观测结果一致。然而,我们检测到,时间变化的偏振($\sim 0.5$ %)在2001年3月和8月,这是第一次检测到大的偏振变化R CrB附近的最大亮度。在这两个事件中的“瞬态偏振”的振幅和位置角几乎是恒定的波长。两个事件之间的位置角相差约20度。每一个事件都可以用短暂的尘埃偶尔从视线中喷出而引起的光散射来解释。偏振对波长的平坦性表明散射体是具有各种尺寸的尘埃颗粒的混合物。瞬态偏振的快速增长和衰减有利于恒星光球附近尘埃形成的现象学模型(例如,在两个恒星半径内)提出的亮度和色球发射线的时间演化在深度下降的时期,虽然衰落的时间尺度很难解释一个简单的扩散的尘埃膨胀的速度为$\sim 200-350$公里s $^{-1}$。应该需要更高的膨胀速度或某种机制来破坏尘埃颗粒。

英文摘要:

We present an extended optical spectropolarimetry of R CrB from 1998 January to 2003 September. The polarization was almost constant in the phase of maximum brightness, being consistent with past observations. We detected, however, temporal changes of polarization ($\sim 0.5$ %) in 2001 March and August, which were the first detection of large polarization variability in R CrB near maximum brightness. The amplitude and the position angle of the `transient polarization' were almost constant with wavelength in both two events. There was a difference by about 20 degrees in the position angle between the two events. Each event could be explained by light scattering due to short-lived dust puff occasionally ejected off the line of sight. The flatness of the polarization against the wavelength suggests that the scatterer is a mixture of dust grains having various sizes. The rapid growth and fading of the transient polarization favors the phenomenological model of dust formation near the stellar photosphere (e.g., within two stellar radii) proposed for the time evolution of brightness and chromospheric emission lines during deeply declining periods, although the fading timescale can hardly be explained by a simple dispersal of expanding dust puff with a velocity of $\sim 200-350$ km s $^{-1}$. Higher expansion velocity or some mechanism to destroy the dust grains should be needed.

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