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WC9星的光度变化

Photometric variability of WC9 stars

R. Fahed, A. F. J. Moffat, A. Z. Bonanos

摘要:

沃尔夫-拉叶星的强风除了辐射压外,还有别的原因吗?这个问题的答案仍然不完全明显,特别是在某些Wolf-Rayet子类中,主要是WN8和WC9。这两种类型的沃尔夫-拉叶星都被认为是高度可变的,正如观测所表明的那样,可能是由于脉动。然而,到目前为止,只有WN8恒星被积极和系统地研究了变化。本文介绍了连续3周对银河系19颗WC9星和1颗WC8星在V和I两个光学波段光度变化的系统观测结果。特别令人感兴趣的是在碳尘形成的背景下亮度和颜色指数的相关变化,这经常发生在WC9和一些WC8恒星中。在变化最大的情况下,WR76,我们使用这些信息来推导出一个典型的尘埃颗粒大小为~0.1微米。然而,大多数光度变化发生在令人惊讶的低水平,事实上,几乎一半的样品显示没有显着的变化,在所有以上的仪器水平(西格玛约0.005 - 0.01等)。

英文摘要:

Do some Wolf-Rayet stars owe their strong winds to something else besides radiation pressure? The answer to this question is still not entirely obvious, especially in certain Wolf-Rayet subclasses, mainly WN8 and WC9. Both of these types of Wolf-Rayet stars are thought to be highly variable, as suggested by observations, possibly due to pulsations. However, only the WN8 stars have so far been vigorously and systematically investigated for variability. We present here the results of a systematic survey during 3 consecutive weeks of 19 Galactic WC9 stars and 1 WC8 star for photometric variability in two optical bands, V and I. Of particular interest are the correlated variations in brightness and colour index in the context of carbon-dust formation, which occurs frequently in WC9 and some WC8 stars. In the most variable case, WR76, we used this information to derive a typical dust grain size of ~ 0.1 um. However, most photometric variations occur at surprisingly low levels and in fact almost half of our sample shows no significant variability at all above the instrumental level (sigma ~ 0.005 - 0.01 mag).

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