Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-08-16
Astron.Astrophys. 393 (2002) 259-271
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 8 figures, corrected rotation period in section 5
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20021030
We present the results of a high spectral resolution study of the circumstellar (CS) gas around the intermediate mass, pre-main sequence star UX Ori. The results are based on a set of 10 echelle spectra, monitoring the star on time scales of months, days and hours. A large number of transient blueshifted and redshifted absorption features are detected in the Balmer and in many metallic lines. A multigaussian fit is applied to determine for each transient absorption the velocity, v, dispersion velocity, Delta v, and the parameter R, which provides a measure of the absorption strength of the CS gas. The time evolution of those parameters is presented and discussed. A comparison of intensity ratios among the transient absorptions suggests a solar-like composition of the CS gas. This confirms previous results and excludes a very metal-rich environment as the cause of the transient features in UX Ori. The features can be grouped by their similar velocities into 24 groups, of which 17 are redshifted and 7 blueshifted. An analysis of the velocity of the groups allows us to identify them as signatures of the dynamical evolution of 7 clumps of gas, of which 4 represent accretion events and 3 outflow events. Most of the events decelerate at a rate of tenths of ms-2, while 2 events accelerate at approximately the same rate; one event is seen experiencing both an acceleration and a deceleration phase and lasts for a period of few days. This time scale seems to be the typical duration of outflowing and infalling events in UX Ori. The dispersion velocity and the relative aborption strength of the features do not show drastic changes during the lifetime of the events, which suggests they are gaseous blobs preserving their geometrical and physical identity.
Alberdi Antonio
Cameron Andrew
Davies John K.
de Winter Dolf
Deeg Hans-Joerg
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