Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages (printed format), 9 figures, 4 tables, 2 appendices; accepted for publication in A&A (02/03/2006)
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20052917
Aims: To investigate structure of the hot object in the symbiotic prototype Z And during its major 2000-03 active phase. Methods: Analysis of the far ultraviolet, optical low- and high-resolution spectroscopy and UBVR photometry. Reconstruction of the spectral energy distribution (SED) during the outburst. The Raman scattering process. Results: At the initial stages of the outburst the hot object was characterized by the two-temperature spectrum (a warm stellar radiation and a strong nebular emission) with signatures of a mass-outflow at moderate (100-200 km/s) and very high (1000-2000 km/s) velocities. The corresponding structure of the hot object consists of an optically thick, slowly-expanding disk-like material encompassing the accretor at the orbital plane and a fast optically thin wind over the remainder of the star. A striking similarity of [FeVII]6087 and Raman 6825 profiles at/after the dilution of the disk suggested their origin within the interaction zone where the winds from the binary components collide.
Elkin Vladimir
Errico L.
Otsuka Maasaki
Skopal Augustin
Tamura Shun
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