Stellar-wind variability in IUE spectra of 68 Cygni

Details Stellar-wind variability in IUE spectra of 68 Cygni Stellar-wind variability in IUE spectra of 68 Cygni

Jan 1995

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 439, no. 1, p. 431-444

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14

Astronomical Models, Noise Reduction, Spatial Distribution, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Winds, Ultraviolet Spectra, Variations, Absorptivity, Iue, Signal To Noise Ratios, Spectrum Analysis, Statistical Correlation

Scientific paper

We construct an empirical noise model for fully processed high-resolution, short-wavelength IUE spectra which takes crude account of the spatial variations of the camera response as well as the ripple-correction factors. We use this model to examine the velocity range over which statistically significant variability can be detected in the UV P Cygni profiles of the O7.5 III: star 68 Cygni, on timescales from days to years. On short timescales, significant absorption-component variability at levels in excess of approximately 4% (rms) of the continuum level is not detected at velocities below absolute value of upsilon approximately = 800 km/s (approximately 0.34 upsiloninfinity, in Si IV. Over the full dataset (152 spectra scanning 5 years), variability at the 2% level is detected down to 0 +/- 50 km/s, in C IV. These differences may simply be due to the lower statistical sensitivity of the smaller subsets of data taken over shorter periods, rather than being an indication of long-term variations. The data therefore provide strong evidence on year timescales, and tentative evidence on day timescales, for variability to the very base of the flow. The emission components of the major resonance-line P Cygni profiles are effectively constant, with rms variations not exceeding 4% of the continuum level (with approximately 98% confidence); the C IV absorption trough is saturated over a velocity range of 530 km/s; and the width of the blue edge of the P Cygni profiles indicates that 68 Cyg has a highly structured wind containing shocks with velocity jumps of at least approximately 600 km/s.

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