Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987aj.....93..163d&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 93, Jan. 1987, p. 163-167.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
3
Barium, Metallic Stars, Radio Astronomy, Stellar Radiation, White Dwarf Stars, Companion Stars, Giant Stars, Radio Emission, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Winds
Scientific paper
Results are reported from a 6-cm VLA survey of five confirmed Ba II stars and eight mild Ba II stars, undertaken to search for evidence of gyrosynchrotron emission or thermal emission from the primary star's wind that is enhanced or photoionized by a white dwarf companion. Of these 13 stars, only Beta UMi was detected as a possible radio source at a flux level of 0.11 mJy (3sigma). The 6-cm radio luminosities (L6) of the other stars are as small as log L6 less than or equal to 14.0 and are an order of magnitude or more lower than the average levels found in RS CVn systems, but are consistent with the L6 upper limits previously found for stars of spectral type similar to the Ba II stars and normal elemental abundances. The upper limit to the radio luminosity for the possible mild Ba II star 56 Peg, when combined with its previously known X-ray luminosity, may provide useful constraints on the various models that have been proposed for this interesting object, once its orbital period is known.
Drake Stephen Alan
Linsky Jeffrey L.
Simon Theodore
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