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ROTOR计划的结果。II。金牛座T型弱线星的长期光度变化

Results of the ROTOR-program. II. The long-term photometric variability of weak-line T Tauri stars

K. N. Grankin, J. Bouvier, W. Herbst, S. Yu. Melnikov

摘要:

金牛座T星在所有时间尺度上都表现出可变性,其起源仍然存在争议。在WTTS上,变化是相当简单的,归因于长期存在的、无处不在的冷点。我们调查的长期变化的WTTS,在某些情况下延长到20年,它的统计特征,并讨论其影响,我们了解这些恒星。我们已经获得了一个独特的,均匀的光度测量数据库WTTS延长到20年。它包含了48个WTTS的9000多个UBV R观测数据。所有的数据都是在Mount Maidanak天文台(乌兹别克斯坦)收集的,它们构成了有史以来最长的精确WTTS测光均匀记录。得到了48颗恒星中35颗的自转周期。现在可以分析5到20个季节的分阶段光变曲线。光曲线的形状,幅度和颜色变化,获得了这个样品和各种行为表现,讨论和解释。我们的主要结论是,大多数WTTS具有非常稳定的长期变化与相对较小的变化幅度或平均光水平。观察到的长期变化反映了冷点分布的调制。测光周期在许多年内都是稳定的,最小光的相位也可以稳定几年。从长远来看,光斑特性确实会以微妙的方式发生变化,导致光变曲线的形状和振幅的长期变化。

英文摘要:

T Tauri stars exhibit variability on all timescales, whose origin is still debated. On WTTS the variability is fairly simple and attributed to long-lived, ubiquitous cool spots. We investigate the long term variability of WTTS, extending up to 20 years in some cases, characterize it statistically and discuss its implications for our understanding of these stars. We have obtained a unique, homogeneous database of photometric measurements for WTTS extending up to 20 years. It contains more than 9 000 UBV R observations of 48 WTTS. All the data were collected at Mount Maidanak Observatory (Uzbekistan) and they constitute the longest homogeneous record of accurate WTTS photometry ever assembled. Definitive rotation periods for 35 of the 48 stars are obtained. Phased light curves over 5 to 20 seasons are now available for analysis. Light curve shapes, amplitudes and colour variations are obtained for this sample and various behaviors exhibited, discussed and interpreted. Our main conclusion is that most WTTS have very stable long term variability with relatively small changes of amplitude or mean light level. The long term variability seen reflects modulation in the cold spot distributions. Photometric periods are stable over many years, and the phase of minimum light can be stable as well for several years. On the long term, spot properties do change in subtle ways, leading to secular variations in the shape and amplitudes of the light curves.

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