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经典Be星的盘丢失和盘更新阶段I:长期光谱偏振数据分析

Disk Loss and Disk Renewal Phases in Classical Be Stars I: Analysis of Long-Term Spectropolarimetric Data

John P. Wisniewski, Zachary H. Draper, Karen S. Bjorkman, Marilyn R. Meade, Jon E. Bjorkman, Adam F. Kowalski

摘要:

经典Be星偶尔会从具有气体拱星盘(“Be相”)过渡到所有观测证据都消失的状态(“正常B星相”)。我们提出了一个最全面的spectropolarimetric的意见,到目前为止,这样一个过渡的两个恒星,宝瓶座pi和天鹅座60。60天鹅座星盘消失事件的特征是在1000天的时间尺度上发射强度单调下降,与星盘的粘性时间尺度一致,假设α为0.14。π Aqr的磁盘损失是偶发性的,发生在2440天的时间尺度上。在两颗恒星中观察到的极化行为和H-α之间的时间滞后表明,磁盘清理是以“由内而外”的方式进行的。我们确定的位置角的内在偏振为166.7 +/- 0.1度的π Aqr和107.7 +/- 0.4度的60 Cyg,和模型观察到的偏振在每个恒星的静止无盘阶段,以确定沿视线的星际偏振。轻微的爆发期间观察到的每个恒星的静止阶段共享类似的寿命为以前报道的亩岑,这表明爆发代表的注入和随后的粘性耗散的个别斑点的材料到这些恒星的内部拱星环境。我们还观察到偏离平均内在偏振位置角在每个恒星的偏振爆发,表示偏离轴对称。我们建议,这些偏差可能是指示注入(和随后的圆化)的新斑点到内盘,无论是在平面的大部分磁盘材料或在一个稍微倾斜(非共面)的轨道。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) Classical Be stars occasionally transition from having a gaseous circumstellar disk (''Be phase'') to a state in which all observational evidence for the presence of these disks disappears (''normal B-star phase''). We present one of the most comprehensive spectropolarimetric views to date of such a transition for two Be stars, pi Aquarii and 60 Cygni. 60 Cyg's disk loss episode was characterized by a monotonic decrease in emission strength over a time-scale of 1000 days, consistent with the viscous time-scale of the disk, assuming alpha is 0.14. pi Aqr's disk loss was episodic in nature and occurred over a time-scale of 2440 days. An observed time lag between the behavior of the polarization and H-alpha in both stars indicates the disk clearing proceeded in an ''inside-out'' manner. We determine the position angle of the intrinsic polarization to be 166.7 +/- 0.1 degrees for pi Aqr and 107.7 +/- 0.4 degrees for 60 Cyg, and model the observed polarization during the quiescent diskless phase of each star to determine the interstellar polarization along the line of sight. Minor outbursts observed during the quiescent phase of each star shared similar lifetimes as those previously reported for mu Cen, suggesting that the outbursts represent the injection and subsequent viscous dissipation of individual blobs of material into the inner circumstellar environments of these stars. We also observe deviations from the mean intrinsic polarization position angle during polarization outbursts in each star, indicating deviations from axisymmetry. We propose that these deviations might be indicative of the injection (and subsequent circularization) of new blobs into the inner disk, either in the plane of the bulk of the disk material or in a slightly inclined (non-coplanar) orbit.

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