Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986pasp...98..637b&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 98, July 1986, p. 637-646.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Auriga Constellation, Eclipsing Binary Stars, Stellar Spectra, Absorption Spectra, D Lines, H Alpha Line, Line Spectra, Sodium, Supergiant Stars
Scientific paper
H-alpha and Na D line profiles of the Epsilon Aur system acquired during the eclipse of 1982-84 are presented. As in previous eclipses, the H-alpha absorption core shows striking, systematic changes in width and radial velocity. H-alpha also exhibits time-varying blueshifted and redshifted emission in the line wings. It is suggested that the H-alpha emission-wing variability is due solely to ongoing processes in the extended atmosphere of the supergiant primary. As the eclipse progresses, the Na D absorption lines deepen and widen, then decrease in size as their weak emission components strengthen. The time-development of the Na D line profiles over the duration of the eclipse is consistent with the eclipsing object being a massive, cool, rotating, gaseous disk. The observed Na D line velocities combined with derived values for the mass and spatial extent of the secondary suggest that the disk is losing material.
Barsony Mary
Lutz Barry L.
Mould Jeremy R.
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