Rapid H-alpha variability in T Coronae Borealis

Details Rapid H-alpha variability in T Coronae Borealis Rapid H-alpha variability in T Coronae Borealis

2004-12-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412616v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 5 figures, accepted by PASP

Scientific paper

10.1086/428069

We report our search for variability in the H-alpha emission line of the recurrent novae T CrB with time resolution 10-15 minutes. This is comparable with the time scale of the photometric flickering observed in this object. This is the first time that observations of the short time scale variation in emission lines have been made in this object. On two nights (990106 and 990107) we detected statistically significant variability (at 0.99 confidence level) in the line profile of H-alpha. This variability is confined in the central part of the emission line (\pm 100 km/s) although FWZI(H-alpha) is ~800 km/s. The variability in the line profile is accompanied with variability of the total equivalent width, EW(H-alpha), \pm 8% for 990106, and \pm 6% for 990107 (calculated from the mean value of EW). Assuming Keplerian motion, the variability is generated at a distance ~20-30 R_Solar from the white dwarf, which is approximately the radius of the ring the stream of gas forms as it flows away from L_1. On three other nights we are only able to put upper limits on the variability, \Delta EW(H-alpha) \pm 2% for 980415, \pm 4% for 980802, and \pm 3% for 980803.

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