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WR 110:一颗在风中具有共转相互作用区的沃尔夫-拉叶星?

WR 110: A Single Wolf-Rayet Star With Corotating Interaction Regions In Its Wind?

A. -N. Chené, A. F. J. Moffat, C. Cameron, R. Fahed, R. C. Gamen, L. Lefèvre, J. F. Rowe, N. St-Louis, V. Muntean, A. De La Chevrotière, D. B. Guenther, R. Kusc… 展开作者

A. -N. Chené, A. F. J. Moffat, C. Cameron, R. Fahed, R. C. Gamen, L. Lefèvre, J. F. Rowe, N. St-Louis, V. Muntean, A. De La Chevrotière, D. B. Guenther, R. Kuschnig, J. M. Matthews, S. M. Rucinski, D. Sasselov, W. W. Weiss

摘要:

用MOST卫星对WN 5 - 6 b恒星WR 110(HD 165688)进行的30天连续测光显示,基本周期为P = 4.08 +/- 0.55天,以及一些周期为P/n的谐波,n = 2,3,4,5和6,以及一些其他可能的杂散周期和/或时间尺度大于一天的随机变化。光谱RV研究未能揭示任何合理的同伴与一个时期在这个范围内。因此,我们推测,所观察到的振幅约为0.01等的光变曲线尖点,在4.08天的时间尺度上重现,可能出现在内部,或在底部,一个共转相互作用区(CIR)看到的发射,因为它旋转周围的恒星在恒定的角速度。在WR 110中看到的硬X射线分量可能是CIR激波的高速分量与几个恒星半径处的环境风相互作用的结果。考虑到大多数显示CIR的炽热明亮恒星都有两个CIR臂,可能基本周期是8.2天,或者更可能在WR 110的情况下,确实存在第二个较弱的CIR臂,P = 4.08天,发生在主CIR之后大约三分之二的旋转周期。如果这种解释是正确的,WR 110因此与其他三颗单WR星(均为WN)加入行列,具有确认的CIR旋转周期(WR 1、WR 6和WR 134),尽管WR 110的光度调制幅度迄今为止最低。这说明了能够从MOST等天基平台获得高强度、连续高精度测光的能力。它也为揭示其他WN恒星的低振幅光度变化打开了大门,以前的尝试失败了。如果所有的WN恒星都有一定程度的CIR,这对于揭示除了旋转周期之外的磁性或脉动源可能很重要。

英文摘要:

A 30-day contiguous photometric run with the MOST satellite on the WN5-6b star WR 110 (HD 165688) reveals a fundamental periodicity of P = 4.08 +/- 0.55 days along with a number of harmonics at periods P/n, with n ~ 2,3,4,5 and 6, and a few other possible stray periodicities and/or stochastic variability on timescales longer than about a day. Spectroscopic RV studies fail to reveal any plausible companion with a period in this range. Therefore, we conjecture that the observed light-curve cusps of amplitude ~ 0.01 mag that recur at a 4.08 day timescale may arise in the inner parts, or at the base of, a corotating interaction region (CIR) seen in emission as it rotates around with the star at constant angular velocity. The hard X-ray component seen in WR 110 could then be a result of a high velocity component of the CIR shock interacting with the ambient wind at several stellar radii. Given that most hot, luminous stars showing CIRs have two CIR arms, it is possible that either the fundamental period is 8.2 days or, more likely in the case of WR 110, there is indeed a second weaker CIR arm for P = 4.08 days, that occurs ~ two thirds of a rotation period after the main CIR. If this interpretation is correct, WR 110 therefore joins the ranks with three other single WR stars, all WN, with confirmed CIR rotation periods (WR 1, WR 6, and WR 134), albeit with WR 110 having by far the lowest amplitude photometric modulation. This illustrates the power of being able to secure intense, continuous high-precision photometry from space-based platforms such as MOST. It also opens the door to revealing low-amplitude photometric variations in other WN stars, where previous attempts have failed. If all WN stars have CIRs at some level, this could be important for revealing sources of magnetism or pulsation in addition to rotation periods.

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