Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994ap%26ss.221..155m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 221, no. 1-2, p. 155-167
Physics
12
Stellar Physics, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Systems, Stellar Winds, Variable Stars, Wolf-Rayet Stars, Binary Stars, Centroids, Gray Scale, Line Spectra, Time Series Analysis
Scientific paper
The original temporal analysis of a 12 night spectral timeseries of Wolf-Rayet (WR)-134 has been found to be flawed and a re-analysis shows that the line profile variations are indeed periodic. When combined with a 4 night timeseries taken 45 days earlier, a period near 2.27 d is found in periodograms of the He II lambda 5412 line centroid, rms line width, and line skew variations. When the emission line residuals are ordered as a function of phase, a sinuous feature appears to 'snake' about the line center with an amplitude of +/-500 km/s. This is approximately equal to 20 larger than the line centroid amplitude; the calculation of which is heavily weighted by static portions of the line profile. In addition to the 'snake,' emission residuals appear that move away from line center on unbound trajectories and are thought to result from the interaction of a periodic driver with the unstable flow of the radiation driven wind.
Bohannan Bruce
McCandliss Stephan R.
Moffat Anthony F. J.
Robert Carmelle
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