A spectroscopic search for colliding stellar winds in O-type close binary systems. II - Plaskett's star (HD 47129)

Details A spectroscopic search for colliding stellar winds in O-type close binary systems. II - Plaskett's star (HD 47129) A spectroscopic search for colliding stellar winds in O-type close binary systems. II - Plaskett's star (HD 47129)

Sep 1992

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 396, no. 1, Sept. 1, 1992, p. 238-250. Research supported by McDonald Obser

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Binary Stars, Massive Stars, O Stars, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Winds, Emission Spectra, H Alpha Line, Line Spectra, Stellar Motions

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New evidence for colliding winds in the massive O-type binary system Plaskett's star is reported. High S/N ratio spectra of the H-alpha and He I 6678 emission lines are presented, and their orbital phase-related variations are examined in order to derive the locations and motions of the high-density gas in the system. Radial velocity cures for several absorption and emission lines associated with the photosphere of the primary are also provided. The H-alpha emission profiles are complex, with very broad wings and a sharp spikelike feature that approximately follows the motion of the primary star. The radial velocity curve for this spike lags behind the photospheric velocity curve of the primary by 0.066 in phase. It is suggested that the high-velocity H-alpha emission is related to instabilities in the intershock region between the two component stars. The H-alpha phase-related variations are compared with those observed in the UV wind lines in IUE archival spectra.

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