Non-axisymmetric accretion on the classical TTS RW Aur A

Details Non-axisymmetric accretion on the classical TTS RW Aur A Non-axisymmetric accretion on the classical TTS RW Aur A

2001-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102137v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 26 figures, uses the new EDPS aa.cls style (included); accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics; the full paper is als

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20010203

(Abridged) High-resolution spectroscopic monitoring of RW Aur A was carried out in 1996, 1998 and 1999 with simultaneous B, V photometry. A multicomponent spectrum is revealed with a veiled photospheric spectrum, broad emissions, narrow emission lines of helium, and accretion, wind and shell features. Periodic modulations in many spectral features were found. The photospheric absorption lines show sinusoidal variations in radial velocity with an amplitude of +-6 km/s and a period of about 2.77 days. The radial velocities of the narrow emission lines of He vary with the same period but in anti-phase to the photospheric lines. The equivalent widths of the narrow emissions vary with a phase-shift with respect to the velocity curve. The strength of the red-shifted accretion components of Na D and other lines is also modulated with the same period. The broad emission lines of metals vary mostly with the double period of about 5.5 days. One unexpected result is that no correlation was found between the veiling and the brightness, although both varied in wide ranges. This is partly due to a contribution of the shell absorption to the photospheric line profiles, which make them vary in width and depth thus simulating lower veiling. Most of the observed features can be interpreted in the framework of non-axisymmetric magnetospheric accretion. We consider two possible models. In the first the asymmetry is induced by orbital motion of an invisible, low mass secondary, which also influences the gasflows around the star, the second considers rotational modulation of a single star with an inclined or asymmetric magnetosphere.

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