Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987aj.....93..171p&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 93, Jan. 1987, p. 171-182.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
6
Balmer Series, Eclipsing Binary Stars, Iue, Stellar Mass, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Emission Spectra, H Alpha Line, H Beta Line, Radial Velocity, Ultraviolet Spectra
Scientific paper
In agreement with previous observers, it is found that the eclipsing binary RS Cep is an Algol-type semidetached system. From IUE spectra and Lick Observatory optical scans, the spectral types of the components are determined as B9.7e V + G8 III-IV. The effective temperature of the primary star is found to be 9670 K (with an uncertainty of about 150 K). From the photometric elements, the spectral types, and the semidetached nature of the system, a satisfactory model of the system is developed, giving masses 2.4 and 0.4 solar mass, radii 2.3 and 7.6 solar radii, and separation of the components 32 solar radii. This model leads to a distance of 910 pc; the color excess is E(B - V) = 0.03 mag. Balmer emission lines are observed in the optical scans, so that the system is a Be star. An IUE spectrum obtained during the total primary eclipse reveals a number of UV emission lines, typical for interacting Algols and W Ser stars. Power emitted in these lines is about twice as high as that in TT Hya or U Cep, therefore, RS Cep is a relatively active Algol system. A broad 'bulge' of excess relative flux is observed roughly between wavelengths 210 and 270 nm in the totality spectrum, and interpreted as broad blends of emission lines of Fe II; the same Fe II lines, formed in a circumstellar shell or disk, cause additional absorption in the out-of-eclipse spectra.
Dobias Jan J.
Plavec Mirek J.
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