TW Hya: A Simultaneous Optical and X-Ray Campaign

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A world-wide campaign of spectroscopy and photometry was carried out for 17 days in February- March 2007 (JD 2454147 - 2454164) in support of an extended CHANDRA HETG observation of the nearby accreting T Tauri star: TW Hya (CD -34 7151).This program included photometry from Super WASP-South and SAAO. Spectroscopy was obtained from TNG/SARG, Vainu Bappu Observatory, SAAO, MSSO, Magellan/MIKE, Pico do Dios, and Gemini-S. The photometric period of the star derived from the periodogram of WASP-S photometry during this time was 4.76+/-0.01 d. Hα fluxes do not appear to correlate well with the photometric period nor the total X-ray flux, perhaps influenced by flaring that occurred in both optical and X-ray sequences during this time. Hα profiles from TW Hya can change dramatically during a night, with substantial systematic changes in the wind opacity signaled both in Hα and the He I 10830 Å transition. Related posters by Schneider et al., and Wolk et al. address the optical veiling and X-ray spectrum of TW Hya from this program.
Research supported in part by NASA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

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