Stellar and circumstellar activity in the Be star EW Lacertae from the 1993 multi-site campaign

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Stars: Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Emission-Line, Be, Stars: Oscillations, Stars: Individual: Ew Lac, Stars: Variables: General

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A multi-site, multi-technique campaign on the Be star EW Lac was held for about 9 days in August-September 1993. We present results of the analysis of visual, high S/N spectroscopic data (He I 6678 Å and Hα ). Search for short-term variability was carried out on He I 6678 (line profiles, radial velocity (RV), equivalent width (EW), full width at half-maximum (FWHM) on the absorption part of the line profile and on violet (V) and red (R) emission peaks) and on Hα emission line (line profiles, EW, V, R and V/R ratio). The presence of multi-periodicity is confirmed and we detected the frequencies found in 1989 by Floquet et al. (1992) during a 8-day mono-site campaign. Possible non-radial pulsation solutions for the main frequencies detected are l ~ 2-3, | m | ~ 2-3. We found evidence on the He I 6678 line of episodic matter outflows through the presence of relatively broad, variable absorption line-profile variations. At least one sharp absorption feature was also observed slowly crossing the stellar disc. It is attributed to a blob of matter temporarily orbiting the star. A brief account is given of broad-band polarimetric observations, performed over 6 nights. A correlation is found between the variation in intrinsic polarization level in the B-band and He I 6678 Å strength. Finally, we present a simple model that reproduces rather well the additional ``pseudo-photosphere" contribution in 1993 as opposed to 1989.

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