Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1993
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 274, NO. 2/JUL(II), P. 381, 1993
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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A Stars, Accretion Disks, H Lines, Irregular Variable Stars, K Lines, Stellar Mass Accretion, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Ultraviolet Spectra, Absorption Spectra, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Spectra, Variability
Scientific paper
We report recent IUE high- and low-dispersion observations with the IUE long wavelength camera (LWP) and short wavelength camera (SWP) of the Herbig Ae star HR 5999. We have found a dramatic change in the structure of the Mg II h and k lines (2795.5, 2802.7 A) along with some continuum flux excesses especially at the short end of the SWP camera. LWP high dispersion observations of HR 5999 obtained between 1979 and 1990, at times of comparatively low UV continuum fluxes, exhibit P Cygni type m profiles in the Mg II resonance doublet. In contrast, observations made from September 1990 through March 16-18, 1992, with high W continuum fluxes, present Mg II lines with reverse P Cygni profiles indicative of some active episodic accretion. Accreting gas can also be detected in the additional red wings of the various Fe II and Mn II absorption lines, with velocities up to +300-350 km/s (September 1990). By September 10, 1992 the Mg II profile had returned to the type III P Cygni profile similar to those from earlier spectra. The correlation between the presence of large column densities of accreting gas and the continuum light variations supports suggestions by several authors that HR 5999 is surrounded by an optically thick, viscously heated accretion disk. Detection of accreting gas in the line of sight to HR 5999 permits us to place constraints on our viewing geometry for this system. A discussion is included comparing the spectral and physical similarities between HR 5999 and the more evolved proto-planetary candidate system, beta Pictoris.
Grady Carol A.
Perez Mario R.
Thé Pik-Sin
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