A method to simulate inhomogeneously irradiated objects with a superposition of 1D models

Details A method to simulate inhomogeneously irradiated objects with a superposition of 1D models A method to simulate inhomogeneously irradiated objects with a superposition of 1D models

2011-01-10

arxiv.org/abs/1101.1723v1

A&A, 526, 117 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

published in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361/201014824

In close binary systems the atmosphere of one or both components can be significantly influenced by irradiation from the companion. Often the irradiated atmosphere is simulated with a single-temperature approximation for the entire half-sphere. We present a scheme to take the varying irradiation angle into account by combining several separate 1D models. This is independent of the actual code which provides the separate stellar spectra. We calculate the projected area of zones with given irradiation angle and use this geometrical factor to scale separate 1D models. As an example we calculate two different irradiation scenarios with the PHOENIX code. The scheme to calculate the projected area is applicable independent of the physical mechanism that forms these zones. In the case of irradiation by a primary with T=125000 K, the secondary forms ions at different ionisation states for different irradiation angles. No single irradiation angle exists which provides an accurate description of the spectrum. We show a similar simulation for weaker irradiation, where the profile of the H$\alpha$ line depends on the irradiation angle.

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