Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apj...295..153s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 295, Aug. 1, 1985, p. 153-161.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Binary Stars, Companion Stars, Flare Stars, Hot Stars, Ultraviolet Spectra, Iue, Late Stars, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Magnesium, Radio Emission, Variable Stars, White Dwarf Stars, X Ray Sources
Scientific paper
AY Ceti is a late-type single-line spectroscopic binary, a bright X-ray source (L/x/ equal to about 1.5 x 10 to the 31st ergs/s), and a spotted star, as evidenced by its prominent photometric wave. In this paper, observations made with the IUE satellite and the VLA radio interferometer are reported. The 1200-2000 A UV spectrum of AY Cet shows a hot stellar continuum and a very broad Ly-alpha absorption line from a previously unobserved white dwarf secondary. The UV spectrum can be matched to the energy distribution of a (T/eff/ = 18,000 K, log g = 8) model atmosphere. Superposed on this hot continuum are high-excitation emission lines typical of chromospheres and transition regions of active late-type stars, e.g., the spotted RS CVn binaries. It is concluded that the bright lines and soft X-ray emission of AY Cet arise from the cool primary star, rather than from mass transfer and accretion onto the secondary as has recently been proposed for the similar system 56 Peg. Two strong radio flares on AY Cet were observed. The second was rapidly variable and left-hand circularly polarized at levels up to pi(c) = 86 + or - 5 percent at 20 cm wavelength. The most likely emission mechanism is an electron-cyclotron maser.
Fekel Francis C. Jr.
Gibson David M.
Simon Theodore
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