A non-spherical mass outflow from RS Oph during its 2006 outburst

Details A non-spherical mass outflow from RS Oph during its 2006 outburst A non-spherical mass outflow from RS Oph during its 2006 outburst

2008-02-25

arxiv.org/abs/0802.3711v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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4 pages, 3 figures, will appear in the proceedings of the conference, RS Ophiuchi (2006)

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We present results of our modeling the H-alpha line profile along the 2006 RS Oph outburst. At day 1.38 the very broad component of the H-alpha profile was possible to fit by a bipolar wind model. The model corresponds to a very fast acceleration of the wind particles, and the line luminosity of about 2900 (d/1.6 kpc)^2 solar luminosities to the mass-loss rate of around (1-2) x 10E-4 solar masses per year. During days 10-30 the broad component shrank to FWZI = 1800 km/s. It could be associated with expanding ring and its satellite components at about +/- 2430 km/s with bipolar jets. Later observations made at day 57 and 209 indicated a decrease in both the mass-loss rate (1xE-5 - 1xE-6 solar masses per year) and the wind acceleration. During the quiet phase, emission bumps observed sporadically in the line wings could reflect clumpy ejections by the central star.

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