Structure of the inner regions of the circumstellar gas envelopes around young hot stars. II. The new cycle of spectral activity of the Herbig Ae star HD 31648 |
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Authors: | O V Kozlova I Yu Alekseev D N Shakhovskoi |
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Institution: | (1) Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Crimea, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | The results of the high-resolution long-term spectral monitoring of the Herbig Ae star HD 31648 in the regions of emission
Hα line, Na I D resonance lines and OI 7774 lines are presented.
We confirmed the conclusion, made in previous papers, that the spectral variability of the star in the region of Hα line have
a cyclic character. It is manifested itself as the changing of the equivalent width and intensity of Hα line of the time scale
of about 1200d.
It is shown, that the stellar wind is non-homogeneous and consists of several components, which are differed each other by
their velocities. They are observed as in the H line as in Na I D resonance lines. The component’s parameters are changed
during the cycle of stellar activity (in the maximum of activity the velocity and density of the wind are taken the largest
values and then they are gradually decreased).
The investigation of rapid variability of the He I 5876 line on the time scale of a few hours allows find the correlation
between the variability of the blue and the red wings of the line. It points at the connection between the accretion and the
outflows. Such connection, in particularly, is predicted by the modeling of the wind from young stars made in the frame of
the magneto-centrifugal model, the accordance of which for the HD 31648 was shown in the previous papers. In the present work
we confirmed this conclusion on the basis of the new data.
We found the weak variability of the stellar brightness (about 0.2m), which is agree with the spectral variability (the brightness
of the star becomes lower in the maximum of the activity). These changes are well explained by the process of the dust transfer
from CS disk by the stellar wind. This process is likely to be more effective in the maximum of activity.
An analysis of the variability of other spectral lines shows the agreement between the changing of the Hα line, the Na I D
resonance doublet lines and KI 7698 line. The weak connection between the He I 5876 and the Na I D lines is also found. Since
the formation regions of He I 5876 and Na I D lines are essentially different, we can conclude that the phenomena, responsible
for the observed cyclic variability, take place in a spacious region of the CS envelope.
We believe that the most plausible reason of found cyclic variability is the reconstruction of the inner structure of the
CS gas envelope, caused by the presence around the star a low mass companion or planet.
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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 565–588 (November 2007). |
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Keywords: | stars stellar wind-individual HD 31648 |
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