Spectropolarimetry of 60 Cyg and {pi} Aqr Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Wisniewski J.P.
  2. Draper Z.H.
  3. Bjorkman K.S.
  4. Meade M.R.
  5. Bjorkman J.E.,Kowalski A.F.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Classical Be stars are known to 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. The disk-loss episode of 60 Cyg was characterized by a generally monotonic decrease in emission strength over a timescale of ~1000 days from the maximum V-band polarization to the minimum H{alpha} equivalent width, consistent with the viscous timescale of the disk, assuming {alpha}~0.14. {pi} Aqr's disk loss was episodic in nature and occurred over a timescale of ~2440 days.

Keywords
  1. be-stars
  2. line-intensities
  3. polarimetry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2010ApJ...709.1306W
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/709/1306
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17091306

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History

2012-04-02T12:54:27Z
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2012-04-02T12:54:27Z
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