Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003csss...12.1074s&link_type=abstract
The Future of Cool-Star Astrophysics: 12th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun (2001 July 30 - August
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Long Period Variable Stars, Mass Loss, Ccd Photometry, Infrared Spectra, Interferometry
Scientific paper
DeLaverny et al. (1998) reported short-term brightness variations in 15 percent of the 250 Mira or Long Period Variable stars surveyed using the HIPPARCOS satellite, with the broadband 340 to 890 nm Hp filter. The abrupt variations ranged 0.2 to 1.1 magnitudes, on time-scales between 2 to 100 hours, with a preponderance found nearer Mira minimum light phases. However, the sampling frequency was extremely sparse and requires confirmation because of potentially important dust-formation physics that can be revealed. We report here ground-based photometric observations of several of these objects that support and tend to confirm, the deLaverny et al. findings. In our observations, four out of five Miras sampled (XZ Her, HO Lyr, AU Cyg and AM Cyg) were found to have significant fluctuations over these same short time-scales (at 95% confidence level and higher), based on analysis of photometric variance, and F-tests. Interpretation of this micro-variation is offered in terms of dust formation episodes in the upper atmosphere of the star, and tests using interferometric visibility curves are proposed.
Jurgenson Colby A.
Ostrowski-Fukuda T. A.
Phillips Andre
Stencel Robert E.
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