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用H-帕邢线约束船底座η星的轨道方位

Constraining the orbital orientation of Eta Carinae from H Paschen lines

D. Falceta-Goncalves, Z. Abraham

摘要:

在过去的十年中,一些观测和理论工作提供了证据的双船底座伊塔的性质。然而,仍然没有直接确定轨道参数,目前不同的模型给出了相互矛盾的结果。一般来说,该轨道被认为与侏儒星的赤道重合,尽管观测结果并不确定。在所有的星系中,海山二的优点是可以观测到中央源的直接发射和侏儒的反射,这取决于轨道倾角。在这项工作中,我们研究了轨道相位依赖的氢帕邢光谱所反映的SE瓣的Homunculus约束etaCar的轨道参数,并确定其相对于Homunculus轴的倾角。假设过量的排放是起源于风-风激波区,我们能够模拟纬度依赖的谱线轮廓。这是第一次,我们能够估计etaCar相对于观测者和Homunculus轴的轨道倾角。最佳拟合出现在轨道与视线的倾角为i ~ 60度,i* 相对于侏儒轴为35度,表明中心物体的角动量和轨道不对齐。我们还能够将合相的相位角确定为约-40度,这表明近星点通过发生在合相之后不久。

英文摘要:

During the past decade several observational and theoretical works provided evidences of the binary nature of Eta Carinae. Nevertheless, there is still no direct determination of the orbital parameters, and the different current models give contradictory results. The orbit is, in general, assumed to coincide with the Homunculus equator although the observations are not conclusive. Among all systems, Eta Carinae has the advantage that it is possible to observe both the direct emission of line transitions in the central source and its reflection by the Homunculus, which are dependent on the orbital inclination. In this work, we studied the orbital phase dependent hydrogen Paschen spectra reflected by the SE lobe of the Homunculus to constrain the orbital parameters of etaCar and determine its inclination with respect to the Homunculus axis. Assuming that the emission excess is originated in the wind-wind shock region we were able to model the latitude dependence of the spectral line profiles. For the first time, we were able to estimate the orbital inclination of etaCar with respect to the observer and to the Homunculus axis. The best fit occurs for an orbital inclination to the line of sight of i ~ 60 degrees, and i* ~ 35 degrees with respect to the Homunculus axis, indicating that the angular momenta of the central object and the orbit are not aligned. We were also able to fix the phase angle of conjunction as ~ -40 degrees, showing that the periastron passage occurs shortly after conjunction.

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