Modelling spectral line profiles of wind-wind shock emissions from massive binary systems

Details Modelling spectral line profiles of wind-wind shock emissions from massive binary systems Modelling spectral line profiles of wind-wind shock emissions from massive binary systems

2006-07-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607176v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.371:1295-1300,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in the MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10781.x

One of the most intriguing spectral features of WR binary stars is the presence of time-dependent line profiles. Long term observations of several systems revealed the periodicity of this variability, synchronized with the orbital movement. Several partially successful models have been proposed to reproduce the observed data. The most promising assume that the origin of the emission is the wind-wind interaction zone. In this scenario, two high velocity and dense winds produce a strong shock layer, responsible for most of the X-rays observed from these systems. As the secondary star moves along its orbital path, the shock region of conical shape, changes its position with relation to the line of sight. As a consequence, the stream measured Doppler shift presents time variations resulting in position changes of the spectral line. In our work, we present an alternative model, introducing turbulence in the shock layer to account for the line broadening and opacity effects for the asymmetry in the line profiles. We showed that the gas turbulence avoids the need of an unnaturally large contact layer thickness to reproduce line broadening. Also, we demonstrated that if the emission from the opposing cone surface is absorbed, the result is a single peaked profile. This result fully satisfies the recent data obtained from massive binary systems, and can help on the determination of both winds and orbital parameters. We successfully applied this model to the Br22 system and determined its orbital parameters.

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