自转对恒星物理量的影响

自转本身是恒星的基本物理量之一，同时影响恒星的其它许多物物量，包括对情理星半径、形状和体积的影响。对光度，色指数、谱线轮廓，先进值宽度，偏振度等观测量的影响；对引力加速度，元素丰度的影响；对恒星内部结构，如中心压力，温度，密度的影响。     

转动恒星结构与演化研究

恒星的自转 ,是恒星结构和演化理论的难点。近年来有许多观测事实 ,特别是早型大质量星的观测事实 ,预示恒星的自转效应可能引起恒星内部的物质向外转移 ,造成恒星表面一些元素丰度超丰 ,并且对恒星结构和演化产生重要影响 ,因此 ,恒星的自转问题受到了越来越多的关注。考虑自转效应后 ,恒星结构和演化模型将是二维模型 ,本文综述了诸多作者如何将二维的恒星结构和演化模型简化为一维模型。作者在研究了以上作者的简化方法后 ,提出了一种比较简单的新方法。这种方法基于如下假设 :假设在等势面上的温度 ,密度 ,压强 ,光度 ,化学组成和角速度等物理和化学量近似于均匀分布 ,并且这些量与等价球面上的量相同。 (等价球面是假想的球面 ,它包围的体积与等势面包围的体积相等。)我们在等价球面上推出新的转动恒星结构和演化方程 ,构造出新的演化模型。这个模型与不考虑转动效应的演化模型相比 ,有以下变化 :流体静力学平衡方程变化 ;辐射温度梯度变化 ,并引起对流判据变化 ;星风物质损失和角动量损失增大。作为转动恒星结构和演化模型的应用 ,我们研究了中 ,小质量星中心氦燃烧阶段在赫罗图中的演化轨迹发生来回摆动 (又称为蓝回绕 )的物理机制问题。有诸多作者曾经研究了可以影响蓝回绕的各种因素。但是不知     

转动恒星结构与演化研究

恒星的自转，是恒星结构和演化理论的难点。近年来有许多观测事实，特别是早型大质量星的观测事实，预示恒星的自转效应可能引起恒星内部的物质向外转移，造成恒星表面一些元素丰度超丰，并且对恒星结构和演化产生重要影响，因此，恒星的自转问题受到了越来越多的关注。考虑自转效应后，恒星结构和演经模型将是二维模型，本文综述了诸多作者如何将二维的恒星结构和演化模型简化为一维模型。作者在研究了以上作者的简化方法后，提出了一种比较简单的新方法。这种方法基于如下假设：假设在等势面上的温度，密度，压强，光度，化学组成和角速度等物理和化学量近似于均匀分布，并且这些量与等价球面上的量相同。（等价球面是假想的球面，它包围的体积与等势面包围的体积相等。）我们在等价球面上推出新的转动恒星结构和演化方程，构造出新的演化模型。这个模型与不考虑转动效应的演化模型相比，有以下变化：流体静力学平衡方程变化；辐射温度梯度变化，并引起对流判据变化；星风物质损失和角动量损失增大。作为转动恒星结构和演化模型的应用，我们研究了中，小质量星中心氦燃烧阶段在赫罗图中的演化轨迹发生来回摆动（又称为蓝回绕）的物理机制问题。有诸多作者曾经研究了可以影响蓝回绕的各种因素。但是不知道这些因素之间的内在联系，更无法判断这些因素中哪些因素是主要的。我们根据前人已经知道的对流超射效应与自转效应对蓝回绕的影响正好相反的事实，想到对比对流超射效应和自转效应对于同一颗星和同一化学组成所造成的内部结构的不同，以发现有哪些物理因素对于产生蓝回绕起主要作用以及各种物理因素之间的关系。初步分析的结果认为：蓝回绕的形状和中心氦燃烧阶段的总产能率的变化相关联。当总产能率主要由壳层氢产能率的变化所提供时，蓝回绕主要与氢丰度变化区（μ－梯度区）的氢丰度分布轮廓（X－profile)，μ－梯度区的温度，以及对外流区的深入程度密切相关。当总产能率由氢燃烧壳层和氦核的产能率变化所提供时，蓝回绕不仅与μ－梯度区的特性腾，还与氦核的大小和温度密切相关。另外，本文也分析了转动恒星中的物理机制，确定了今后的研究方向。     

类太阳色球活动恒星的高色散光谱观测和锂丰度

基于对9颗类太阳色球活动恒星高信噪比的高色散光谱观测, 测量了这些恒星锂线(入 = 6707.8 A'')的等值宽度, 计算了这些恒星表层锂元素丰度. 通过研究这些类太阳色球活动恒星锂丰度和X射线光度之间的关系, 发现X射线光度 强的类太阳色球活动恒星锂丰度值大于X射线较弱的恒星. 也就是说活动性较强的类太阳色球活动恒星其锂丰度较高, 活动性较弱的类太阳色球活动恒星其锂丰度较低. 考虑到主序的类太阳恒星锂元素和恒星自转速度随着恒星年龄的增加逐渐减少, 以及随着类太阳色球活动恒星自转速度的减小, 色球活动又逐渐变弱. 因此类似于锂丰度, 类太阳色球活动恒星自转速度的大小和恒星的 活动水平也同样可以表明恒星的年龄.     

若干Be星的自转

通过光谱观测获得53颗Be星的自转速度Vsir.i,在Hutchings的方法基础上估算出V和i。我们分析了自转对发射线宽度的影响,利用发射线峰间间隔求取气壳与光球的半径比和稀化因子。文中着重讨论了快自转而且存在恒星风的自转模型同Be现象之间的关系。     

重新审查昴星团成员星锂丰度的弥散

重新审查了昴星团成员星的活动性和在同一颜色处Li丰度的弥散．发现大多数的研究者低估了昴星团恒星的活动性．重新研究了恒星的活动性(包括黑子活动)和星团中恒星的不均匀红化效应对Li丰度弥散的影响．得到的主要结论是：没有坚实的证据说明观测到的Li丰度弥散是代表具相同有效温度星团成员大气Li丰度存在真实的差异．相反，假若不是全部，其大部的视Li丰度弥散是活动星的大气效应所致．Li丰度一恒星自转关联很可能只是Li丰度-恒星活动性关联的一种反映。     

弱发射线T Tauri型星的高色散光谱观测

应用国家天文台兴隆观测基地2.16 m望远镜及其高色散光谱仪,对6颗弱发射线T Tauri型星(Weak-line T Tauri Stars,简称WTTS)进行了高色散光谱观测,计算了这些弱发射线T Tauri型星的锂元素丰度,讨论了这些弱发射线TTauri型星锂丰度和恒星自转周期、光变幅度的关系,研究发现:自转较快的弱发射线T Tauri型星锂丰度小于自转较慢的弱发射线T Tauri型星锂丰度;但是这些弱发射线TTauri型星,其锂丰度与恒星在V波段的光变幅度并没有明显的相关性.     

天文学研究发展趋势分析--恒星与恒星系统

对在1981-2000年世界上所发表的和中国学者所发表的有关恒星与恒星系统的论文作统计发现：此期间世界上这一领域的发展较平稳，而我国的发展快速．这反映了改革开放后，我国基础学科研究大有进展．从各分支所占的比重和发展来看，我国在恒星与恒星系统的研究与世界同期有几乎相同的分布，因此总体上我国在这一领域的发展基本正常．当然有些分支发展较快，如有关超新星及其遗迹、星际介质和恒星形成区、化学丰度的研究等，这和一些较强的研究团组形成有关；在双星研究方面，我国则与世界发展一致，双星研究始终是恒星研究领域的重点；而在世界范围内较突出的关于银河系的研究，在我国却相对较弱．恒星和恒星系统这一研究领域20年的论文数统计显示，我国学者所发表的论文只占世界总论文数的1．3％，虽然在最后5年有大幅上升，但也只占2．0％，这与我国IAU会员数所占比例相比是偏少的．就世界整体而言，恒星领域的研究进展与整个天文学领域相比是较慢的，显然这与一批能做深空探测和高能波段观测的设备投入有关．因此，除了对恒星及恒星系统领域作统计分析外，对整个天文学领域各大分支作分析可能对制定今后我国天文学发展计划更有利。     

8M⊙恒星演化过程中湍流应力作用效果的分析

以恒星结构与演化理论中常用的混合程理论为基础，将湍流作用表现出来的宏观应力引入恒星结构与演化模型中的流体静力学平衡方程．通过计算8M⊙恒星从主序星到早期AGB星演化过程中湍流应力梯度与引力的比值来研究湍流作用对恒星演化与结构的影响．结果发现：在核燃烧阶段其比值很小，湍流作用几乎可以忽略；但在RGB和早期AGB演化阶段，发现在恒星外部存在一个湍流应力梯度为引力的几倍到几十倍的很小区域，而该小区域以外的对流区内湍流作用力能达到引力的65％，这些对AGB星的中心温度变化与热脉动发生的时间等恒星结构与演化规律有不同程度的影响．     

OPAL不透明度对恒星结构和演化模型的影响

本文利用国际上最新公布的OPAL不透明度表及相应的化学丰度，计算了三颗不同初始质量的星族互恒星的非守恒演化模型，并和过去长期采用的LAOL不透明度的结果进行详细比较，得出以下主要结论：（1）恒星HR图中的演化轨迹光度降低，主序位置明显向红方向移动；（2）恒星中心H，He燃烧寿命大大延长了；（3）小质量星氢燃烧核和对流核都变小，大、中质量星的中心对流核和燃烧核都有所增大；（4）恒星中心温度－密度关系基本不受影响．     

The effect of rotation on the luminosity of magnetic stars

The effect of rotation and a general magnetic field on the luminosity, radius, and effective temperature of the upper Main-Sequence stars has been investigated using a perturbation analysis. The magnetic field profile prevailing inside the star is assumed to have both poloidal and toroidal components. The case of constant as well as differential rotation is admitted. Model calculations indicate that these stellar parameters modify considerably as a result of coupling between rotation and the magnetic field.     

Tides and angular momentum redistribution inside low-mass stars hosting planets: a first dynamical model

We introduce a general mathematical framework to model the internal transport of angular momentum in a star hosting a close-in planetary/stellar companion. By assuming that the tidal and rotational distortions are small and that the deposit/extraction of angular momentum induced by stellar winds and tidal torques are redistributed solely by an effective eddy-viscosity that depends on the radial coordinate, we can formulate the model in a completely analytic way. It allows us to compute simultaneously the evolution of the orbit of the companion and of the spin and the radial differential rotation of the star. An illustrative application to the case of an F-type main-sequence star hosting a hot Jupiter is presented. The general relevance of our model to test more sophisticated numerical dynamical models and to study the internal rotation profile of exoplanet hosts, submitted to the combined effects of tides and stellar winds, by means of asteroseismology are discussed.     

Spectral disentangling of the triple system DG Leo: orbits and chemical composition

DG Leo is a spectroscopic triple system composed of three stars of late-A spectral type, one of which was suggested to be a δ Scuti star. Seven nights of observations at high spectral and high time-resolution at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence with the ELODIE spectrograph were used to obtain the component spectra by applying a Fourier transform spectral disentangling technique. Comparing these with synthetic spectra, the stellar fundamental parameters (effective temperature, surface gravity, projected rotation velocity and chemical composition) are derived. The inner binary consists of two Am components, at least one of which is not yet rotating synchronously at the orbital period though the orbit is a circular one. The distant third component is confirmed to be a δ Scuti star with normal chemical composition.     

A non-parametric method of estimating the physical parameters of stellar atmosphere

The physical parameters of stellar atmosphere, e.g. the effective temperature, surface gravity and chemical abundance, are the main factors for the differences in stellar spectra, and the automatic measurement of these parameters is an important content in the automatic processing of the immense amount of spectral data provided by LAMOST and other patrol telescopes. Aiming at the estimation of the physical parameters for every star in large samples of stellar spectral data, a variable window-width algorithm is proposed in this article. It consists of the following three steps: (1) A PCA (principal component analysis) treatment of historical stellar spectral data is carried out to obtain a low-dimensional characteristic data of the spectra. (2) Establish the correlation between the characteristic data and the physical parameters using a non-parametric estimator with variable window-width. (3) By means of this estimator, the three physical parameters of the star are directly calculated. As shown by results of experiments, in comparison with the fixed window-width estimator and other algorithms reported in literature, our algorithm is more accurate and robust.     

The stellar wind as a key to the understanding of the spectral activity of IN Com

We present long-term spectral observations (R = 20000) of IN Com in the region of the H_α, H_β, and He I 5876 lines. One distinguishing characteristic of the stellar spectrum is the presence in the H_α line of an extended two-component emission with limits up to ±400 km/s. Emission parameters show the rotation modulation with the stellar rotation period and a significant variability on the long-term scale. Similar emissions are also observed in the H_β and He I 5876 lines. Our results allow us to conclude that observational emission profiles are formed in an optically thin hot gas. This is a result of the presence of a circumstellar gas disk around IN Com. Its size does not exceed several stellar radii. The material for the disk is supported by the stellar wind from IN Com. The detected variability of H_α-emission parameters shows a clear connection with the photopolarimetric activity of the star. This fact allows us to associate the long-term spectral variability with cycles of stellar activity of IN Com.     

Magnetostatic equilibria for coronal loops on rotating stars

We have investigated magnetostatic equilibria for coronal loops embedded in a potential magnetic field on a rotating star. We find that for any given star, there is a maximum value of the plasma pressure inside a single loop, above which no equilibrium exists. This maximum internal pressure depends on the ratio of the temperatures inside and outside the loop, and on the ratio of the plasma pressure to the magnetic pressure at the base of the external field. Thus, any loop of a large-scale field which is heated or cooled to a different temperature from its immediate surroundings, or which experiences a change in its internal pressure may eventually lose equilbrium. For some values of the base pressure and temperature ratio the relation between summit height and footpoint separation is double-valued. As the summit height of a loop is increased, its footpoint separation increases to a critical value, then decreases to zero at the maximum possible summit height. At the critical footpoint separation the slope of the loop height-footpoint separation relation becomes infinite, and no equilibrium solution exists for greater footpoint separations.We find also that the strength and scale of the field external to the flux tube is the most important factor in determining its maximum height. The effects of varying the stellar rotation rate - and, hence, the variation in pressure with height - are comparatively unimportant, even for very high rotation rates at which the point of balance between gravitational and centrifugal forces lies close to the stellar surface. In this case it is possible to find equilibrium loop solutions whose summits lie outside the centrifugal balance point.We have also investigated the effects of varying the stellar surface gravity. For stellar of fixed mass and rotation rate, the loop dimensions scale approximately linearly with the stellar radius.     

Mode constraints on nonradial pulsations from polarization data

The distortion of the surface of a hot variable star undergoing nonradial pulsation produces a variable polarization. Resultant changes in the Stokes parameters are here calculated analytically in the linear regime as a function of both the pulsation mode (l, m) and the orientation of the stellar rotation axis. It is shown that all of the necessary stellar atmosphere information may be condensed into one simple integral. The analytic form permits a systematic appraisal of the mode-discriminating ability of polarization observations. A suitable systematic approach is outlined and illustrated with reference to the data for BW Vul.     

Absolute parameters of the Algol binary V505 Sgr from infrared JK light curves

We present the first light curves of V505 Sgr in the infrared (IR) J and K bands. The light curves are analysed with a code based on Roche geometry and stellar model atmosphere fluxes in order to determine a new set of stellar and orbital parameters. From the visual–IR photometry we find no evidence of IR excess in the system. We study the effect of the non-synchronous rotation of the primary star in the light and radial velocity curves. The distance of the system is estimated as  112 ± 4 pc  , in close agreement with the Hipparcos parallax.     

Magnetic field of the Ap star 52 Her

We investigate the variability of the magnetic field of a well-known Ap star 52 Her. The 15-year longmagnetic monitoring and analysis of the literature data demonstrates the lack of a long-period variability of the stellar magnetic field, and an absence of precession of the rotation axis of the binary’s main component. We refined the period of variability of the K Ca II line intensity, presumably being the rotation period of the main component. These measurements allowed to specify the parameters of the mean magnetic phase curve, obtained from the lines of metals, and to detect a significant difference from the phase curve, built from the hydrogen lines. Possible causes of the unusual variability of the stellar magnetic field are discussed.