首页> 外文期刊>The Astrophysical journal >AG CARINAE: A LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE WITH A HIGH ROTATIONAL VELOCITY
【24h】

AG CARINAE: A LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE WITH A HIGH ROTATIONAL VELOCITY

机译:AG CARINAE:具有高旋转速度的发光蓝色变量

获取原文
获取原文并翻译 | 示例
           

摘要

We report the detection of broad absorptions due to Si Ⅳ λλ4088-4116 in the luminous blue variable (LBV) AG Carinae during its last hot phase (2001-2003). Our non-LTE spectral analysis, with the radiative transfer code CMFGEN, revealed the photospheric nature of these lines, predicting, however, much narrower and deeper absorption profiles than observed. Using a recently developed code to compute synthetic spectra in two-dimensional geometry allowing for the effects of rotation, we were able to match the broad absorptions with a high projected rotational velocity of 190 ± 30 km s~(-1) in 2001 April. Analysis of spectra obtained in 2002 March and 2003 January, when the star was cooling, yielded projected rotational velocities of 110 ± 10 and 85 ± 10 km s~(-1), respectively. The derived rotational velocities are proportional to R_*~(-1), as expected from angular momentum conservation. We discuss the effects of such high rotation on the spectral analysis of AG Car and on the wind terminal velocity. Our results show direct spectroscopic evidence, for the first time, that an LBV may rotate at a significant fraction of its breakup velocity. Thus, AG Car (and possibly other LBVs) is indeed close to the ΓΩ limit, as predicted by theoretical studies of LBVs.
机译:我们报告了在最后一个热阶段(2001-2003年),在发光蓝变量(LBV)AG Carinae中检测到由于SiⅣλλ4088-4116而引起的宽吸收。我们使用辐射转移码CMFGEN进行的非LTE光谱分析揭示了这些谱线的光球性质,但是预测到的吸收谱要比观察到的窄得多和深得多。使用最近开发的代码来计算二维几何结构中的合成光谱,并考虑到旋转的影响,我们能够在2001年4月将宽吸收率与190±30 km s〜(-1)的高预计旋转速度相匹配。对2002年3月和2003年1月(当恒星冷却时)获得的光谱进行分析,得出的投影旋转速度分别为110±10 km和85±10 km s〜(-1)。正如角动量守恒所预期的那样,导出的旋转速度与R_ *〜(-1)成比例。我们讨论了如此高的旋转速度对AG Car频谱分析和风终端速度的影响。我们的结果首次显示了直接的光谱证据,LBV可能以其分解速度的很大一部分旋转。因此,正如对LBV的理论研究所预测的那样,AG Car(以及可能的其他LBV)确实接近ΓΩ极限。

著录项

  • 来源
    《The Astrophysical journal》 |2006年第1pt2期|p.L33-L36|共4页
  • 作者单位

    Instituto de Astronomia, Geofisica e Ciencias Atmosfericas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua do Matao 1226, Cidade Universitaria, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil;

  • 收录信息
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 天文学;
  • 关键词

相似文献

  • 外文文献
  • 中文文献
  • 专利
获取原文

客服邮箱:kefu@zhangqiaokeyan.com

京公网安备:11010802029741号 ICP备案号:京ICP备15016152号-6 六维联合信息科技 (北京) 有限公司©版权所有
  • 客服微信

  • 服务号