Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.295..423f&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 295, No. 2, p. 423 (1998).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Polarization - Stars: Individual: Rd 108
Scientific paper
V-band polarimetric observations of HD 108 were obtained during 1994 August and September. This is the first time that the temporal polarimetric variability of this star has been investigated. Its percentage polarization and position angle vary randomly, and no evidence of its proposed binary nature is detected. The random variability is consistent with that seen for previously observed Wolf-Rayet stars and OB supergiants. Nightly variations do show some systematic behaviour consistent with the blob ejection model of Underhill & Fehey (1984). From the data it is estimated that the mass-loss rate resulting from blobs is 1 x 1O-7 Msun yr-1 . The total mass- loss rate of the star is estimated to be 1 x 1O--5 Msun yr-1. The stellar rotation rate is estimated to be Vrot ˜400km s-1 with an inclination of i <20°. The data are also interpreted in terms of perturbations occurring in an equatorial disc plus bipolar jets viewed equatorially (Underhill 1994). It is found that the perturbation mass-loss rate is about 3 × 10-7 Msun yr-1, giving a total mass-loss rate for the star of 13 x 10-5 Msun. Both models are consistent with HD 108 being an OB supergiant or of the class Ofpe/WR9.
Fox Geoffrey K.
Hines Dean Carter
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