Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.301..926p&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 301, Issue 4, pp. 926-934.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Early-Type, Stars: Individual: Hd 93843, Stars: Mass-Loss, Ultraviolet: Stars
Scientific paper
We present the results from a 28-day IUE time-series campaign monitoring the stellar wind of the O5-type giant HD 93843. The principal aim was to study variability in the wind of a star with a normal projected rotation velocity. Systematic changes are identified, amidst continuous line-profile variability, in the absorption troughs of the Siiv and Nv resonance lines. The patterns observed have characteristic time-scales of several days and are mimicked by fluctuations (of several 100 km s^-1) in the blue wings of the saturated Civ P Cygni profile. Fourier analysis provides support for the repeatability of wind structures in HD 93843 on a 7.1-d `period'. Power at this frequency is evident only at intermediate and high velocities (i.e., above ~0.3 of the terminal velocity). The long modulation time-scale suggests that changes in the star itself probably provide the physical source for triggering the onset of wind structure. Unfortunately the rotational, photometric, pulsational and magnetic properties of HD 93843 are too poorly constrained or known to permit a more detailed interpretation of the 7.1-d wind modulation in terms of potential inhomogeneities at the stellar surface. Nevertheless, our study demonstrates that the incidence of cyclic, possibly regular, stellar-wind variability is not restricted to rapid rotators. Comparisons with other OB stars which have exhibited repetitive wind changes on `periods' of several days suggest that the time-dependent UV properties of HD 93843 are more akin to those of the O4-type supergiant zeta Puppis.
Fullerton Alex W.
Howarth Ian D.
Massa Derck
Prinja Raman K.
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