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Circumstellar material in TX Ursae Majoris

1993; IOP Publishing; Volume: 414; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/173126

1538-4357

Geary E. Albright, Mercedes T. Richards,

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

view Abstract Citations (23) References (52) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Circumstellar Material in TX Ursae Majoris Albright, Geary E. ; Richards, Mercedes T. Abstract The analysis of the H-alpha difference profiles of TX UMa has revealed deep redshifted absorption during primary eclipse, weaker redshifted absorption at other phases, and strong blueshifted and redshifted emission outside primary eclipse. The absorption seen during primary eclipse is produced by circumstellar gas extending above and below the orbital plane and between us and the partially eclipsed primary star. The circumstellar material is in the form of an asymmetric rotating disk. There is evidence that the circumstellar gas varied between 1991 and 1992, but the profiles were relatively unchanged during intervals less than four orbital cycles. Our results also support previous reports that the primary star rotates up to four times the synchronous rate. This high rotational velocity is most likely due to the impact of the high-velocity gas stream on the star. In TX UMa, most of the circumstellar gas is observed between phases 0.65 and 0.11 and is found primarily in the region between the two stars, symmetrically located at about the point of the impact between the gas stream and the primary. With these results, TX UMa is now only the second partially eclipsing Algol-type system, after Beta Per, in which there is convincing evidence of a transient accretion disk. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: September 1993 DOI: 10.1086/173126 Bibcode: 1993ApJ...414..830A Keywords: Accretion Disks; Eclipsing Binary Stars; Line Spectra; Stellar Envelopes; Stellar Spectra; Cool Stars; Gas Flow; H Alpha Line; Hot Stars; Stellar Rotation; Astrophysics full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (1)