The pre-main-sequence star IP Persei

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

8

Stars: Emission-Line, Stars: Pre-Main-Sequence, Stars: Individual Ip Per, Techniques: Spectroscopic, Techniques Photometric

Scientific paper

We present the results of high- and low-resolution spectroscopic and broadband multicolour photometric observations of the emission-line A-type star IP Per. Significant variations of the Balmer line profiles and near-IR brightness are detected. Comparison with the spectra of other stars and theoretical models allowed us to derive its fundamental parameters as follows: T_eff =~ 8000 K, log g =~ 4.4, log Lbol/Lsun =~ 1.0. They correspond to the MK type A7 v. We also found that the metallicity of the object's atmosphere is nearly 40 per cent that of the Sun. Our result for the star's gravity implies that it is located at the zero-age main-sequence. We conclude that IP Per is a pre-main-sequence Herbig Ae star, and belongs to the group of UX Ori-type stars showing irregular photometric minima. A recent result by Kovalchuk & Pugach (\cite{kp97}), that IP Per is an evolved high-luminosity star, is not confirmed. The discrepancy in the log g determination, which led to the difference in the luminosity, seems to be due to uncertainties in the échelle data reduction for broad lines and a different estimate for the star's temperature.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

The pre-main-sequence star IP Persei does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The pre-main-sequence star IP Persei, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The pre-main-sequence star IP Persei will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1099786

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.