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arXiv 2003.11574astro-ph.SR
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Be星H $α$发射线剖面的恒星倾角

Stellar Inclination Angles from Be Star H$α$ Emission-Line Profiles

T. A. A. Sigut, A. K. Mahjour, C. Tycner

摘要:

我们证明,恒星的旋转轴和观察者的视线之间的角度,通常称为倾斜角,可以可靠地确定通过H $α$发射线轮廓拟合的Be星。利用美国海军精密光学干涉仪(NPOI)提供的长基线干涉数据,对11颗Be星进行了实验。我们拟合每个恒星的H $α$发射线轮廓,以获得光谱倾斜角$i_{\rm Hα}$。然后,我们得到一个独立的倾角估计,$i_{\rm V^2}$,通过拟合观测到的干涉仪的vibrium与模型vibrium的基础上,一个纯粹的几何表示的天空上的光分布。样本差异$Δi \equiv i_{\rm Hα} - i_{\rm V^2}$呈正态分布,平均值为零,$6.7$度的标准差为零,$i_{\rm Hα}$和$i_{\rm V^2}$之间的线性相关系数为$r=0.93$。由于Be星占所有主序星B型星的五分之一以上,这种H $α$线轮廓拟合技术有可能提供一种有效的方法来检测相关的恒星自旋轴在年轻的疏散星团。此外,如果可以通过偏振测量来约束Be星拱盘在天空平面上的方向,则可以确定每个Be星的完整3D恒星旋转矢量。

英文摘要:

We demonstrate that the angle between star's rotation axis and the observer's line-of-sight, usually called the inclination angle, can be reliably determined for Be stars via H$α$ emission-line profile fitting. We test our method on a sample of 11 Be stars with available long-baseline interferometric data from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer~(NPOI). We fit the H$α$ emission line profile of each star to obtain a spectroscopic inclination angle $i_{\rm Hα}$. We then obtain an independent inclination angle estimate, $i_{\rm V^2}$, by fitting the observed interferometric visibilities with model visibilities based on a purely geometric representation of the light distribution on the sky. The sample differences, $Δi \equiv i_{\rm Hα} - i_{\rm V^2}$, are normally distributed with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of $6.7$ degrees, and the linear correlation coefficient between $i_{\rm Hα}$ and $i_{\rm V^2}$ is $r=0.93$. As Be stars comprise upwards of one fifth of all main-sequence B-type stars, this H$α$ line profile fitting technique has the potential to provide an efficient method for detecting correlated stellar spin axes in young open clusters. Furthermore, if the orientation of the Be star circumstellar disk on the plane of the sky can be constrained by polarization measurements, it is possible to determine the full 3D stellar rotation vector of each Be star.

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