Weak-line to emission-line phases of PU Vulpeculae

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Balmer Series, Emission Spectra, Peculiar Stars, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Ubv Spectra, Hydrogen, Metallicity, Stellar Mass Accretion, Symbiotic Stars, White Dwarf Stars

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This study presents three-color photometry and spectroscopic monitoring observations of PU Vulpeculae made at Okayama from 1983 through 1989. Variable degrees of line weakening and a UV excess were found from 1983 to 1987. The weakening first appeared in Fe I and Fe II, and later also in Ti II and Sc II. B-beta was occasionally observed as an emission line during the same period. The weak-line phase continued until late 1987, when the emission lines of H Balmer, Fe II, and forbidden Fe II became dominant. An unusual brightening in the U-B color and a gradual fading of magnitude V were also observed. The radial velocity changed with an amplitude of about 50 km/s until 1985; since 1986 it has maintained an almost constant value. The origin of the line weakening is discussed in terms of a possible interaction with an emission component, and the recent activity is interpreted by a mass-accreting white-dwarf model.

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