scholarly journals Ultraviolet properties of the symbiotic stars

1982 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 103-113
Author(s):  
Mark H. Slovak ◽  
David L. Lambert

Prior to the launch of the IDE satellite in early 1978, the only symbiotic star previously detected in the ultraviolet by earlier UV satellites, such as the 0A0-2, TD-1 and ANS experiments, was AG Pegasi = HD 207757 (Gallager et al. 1979). These broad-band observations indicated that the symbiotics as a class may show a significant ultraviolet flux and thus they became natural candidates for a survey with the IUE satellite. The following is an interim report on a survey of the symbiotics, both at low and, for AG Pegasi and CH Cygni, at high resolution.

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (14) ◽  
pp. 169-194
Author(s):  
Ana I. Gómez de Castro ◽  
Martin A. Barstow

AbstractThe scientific program is presented as well a the abstracts of the contributions. An extended account is published in “The Ultraviolet Universe: stars from birth to death” (Ed. Gómez de Castro) published by the Editorial Complutense de Madrid (UCM), that can be accessed by electronic format through the website of the Network for UV Astronomy (www.ucm.es/info/nuva).There are five telescopes currently in orbit that have a UV capability of some description. At the moment, only FUSE provides any medium- to high-resolution spectroscopic capability. GALEX, the XMM UV-Optical Telescope (UVOT) and the Swift. UVOT mainly delivers broad-band imaging, but with some low-resolution spectroscopy using grisms. The primary UV spectroscopic capability of HST was lost when the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph failed in 2004, but UV imaging is still available with the HST-WFPC2 and HST-ACS instruments.With the expected limited lifetime of sl FUSE, UV spectroscopy will be effectively unavailable in the short-term future. Even if a servicing mission of HST does go ahead, to install COS and repair STIS, the availability of high-resolution spectroscopy well into the next decade will not have been addressed. Therefore, it is important to develop new missions to complement and follow on from the legacy of FUSE and HST, as well as the smaller imaging/low resolution spectroscopy facilities. This contribution presents an outline of the UV projects, some of which are already approved for flight, while others are still at the proposal/study stage of their development.This contribution outlines the main results from Joint Discussion 04 held during the IAU General Assembly in Prague, August 2006, concerning the rationale behind the needs of the astronomical community, in particular the stellar astrophysics community, for new UV instrumentation. Recent results from UV observations were presented and future science goals were laid out. These goals will lay the framework for future mission planning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-257
Author(s):  
迟明波 CHI Ming-bo ◽  
韩欣欣 HAN Xin-xin ◽  
徐 阳 XU Yang ◽  
舒风风 SHU Feng-feng ◽  
吴一辉 WU Yi-hui

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (S339) ◽  
pp. 291-294
Author(s):  
K. Drozd ◽  
J. Mikołajewska ◽  
M. Darnley ◽  
K. Iłkiewicz ◽  
N. Caldwell ◽  
...  

AbstractThis research was prompted by the discovery of 35 new or candidate symbiotic stars during a targeted search in the Local Group of Galaxies. A catalogue of a further 200 or so such objects has now been compiled. Many of them could be identified with counterparts in the POINT-AGAPE Catalogue. However, information in the Catalogue is limited to position, brightness and possible period, and light-curves are not available. The poster presented an example of a light-curve of a symbiotic star retrieved from original Point-Agape Catalogue data.


1990 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 444-445
Author(s):  
Hugo E. Schwarz ◽  
Hilmar W. Duerbeck ◽  
Waltraut C. Seitter

A high resolution spectroscopy survey of symbiotic stars is conducted in the southern hemisphere by the authors, using the Coudé Echelle Spectrograph (CES), equipped with a CCD at the ESO Coudé Auxiliary Telescope (CAT), and concurrently in the northern hemisphere by Bode, Evans, Meaburn and collaborators, using the UK facilities at La Palma. So far, more than 400 spectra of about 70 stars have been obtained, mostly during 1988 and 1989. The southern part of the work will be described below.The discussion of symbiotic stars in the context of novae is not far-fetched. A number of symbiotics are known to have nova-like outbursts, and several novae are not easily distinguished from symbiotic stars. A noteworthy example is the most recently recognized recurrent nova, V745 Sco, first observed by Liller on July 24, 1989. It is described here, both because in late decline it represents a link between novae and symbiotic stars, and because of its current interest.


1990 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 440-441
Author(s):  
Ulisse Munari

AbstractThe photometric and spectroscopic evolutions, displayed by AS 296 since the June 1988 outburst ([1]), are presented and discussed. The main features of the model outlined by [2], [3] and [4], are confirmed and further developped. An orbital period of about 3 years is inferred from Hα modulation (see [5]).The outburst originated from a TNR event in the accreted envelope of a WD. The IUE and optical spectroscopic evolution agrees with the expected scenario for degenerate conditions in the accreted material, while the high quiescence luminosity of the WD would indicate nondegenerate conditions.The late type giant passed unchanged the outburst. Also the region of Hα formation was not touched by the eruption.After one year the system has not yet reached the quiescence again. The photometric evolution displayed by AS 296 up to June 15, 1989 is presented in Fig.1.In Tab.1, the main features exhibited by symbiotic stars that have experienced a TNR event are summarized. The first 8 objects in the table are usually collectively called "symbiotic novae". They distinguish themselves for the very long outburst duration. At present, AS 296 appears to be a borderline case of such class, and a firm understanding needs to wait for the end of current active phase.


1982 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 269-272
Author(s):  
M. Kafatos

Observations of symbiotic stars in the far UV have provided important information on the nature of these objects. The canonical spectrum of a symbiotic star, e.g. RW Hya, Z And, AG Peg, is dominated by strong allowed and semiforbidden lines of a variety of at least twice ionized elements. Weaker emission from neutral and singly ionized species is also present. The Mg II doublet is usually very strong and may be associated with the M giant primary. A continuum may or may not be present in the 1200 - 2000 A range but is generally present in the range 2000 - 3200 A range, the latter arising from free-free and bound-free emission in the same nebula that is responsible for the UV line emission (CI Cyg, RW Hya, RX Pup). The suspected hot subdwarf continuum is seen in some cases in the range 1200 - 2000 A (RW Hya, AG Peg, SY Mus).


2004 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 168-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis C. Fekel ◽  
Kenneth H. Hinkle ◽  
Richard R. Joyce

We obtained high-resolution spectroscopic observations at 2.226 μm of 13 S-type symbiotic binaries using the Phoenix infrared spectrograph on Kitt Peak telescopes. from an empirical calibration we determined v sin i values for the giant components. Combined with information from a program to determine orbits, the rotational velocities have been used to estimate the sizes of these stars and the fraction of their Roche lobes that they fill.


1982 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
M. Hack ◽  
P.L. Selvelli

The spectrum of CH Cygni usually has the appearance of a normal M6 III star, but at intervals of several years, it has phases of activity during which it shows the characteristics of a symbiotic star, that is, a blue continuum extending shortward of the Balmer discontinuity, and strong emission lines of He I, Fe II, [Fe II] , [S II], [0 1] , [0 III]; the Balmer lines and the H and K lines of Ca II present emission wings. Outbursts were observed: 1) in September 1963; the star returned to its normal phase by August 1965 (Deutsch, 1964); 2) in June 1967 (Deutsch, 1967); the spectrum was observed by Faraggiana and Hack (1971) until December 1970, when the activity phase was over; 3) another outburst was observed in August 1977 (Morris, 1977; Fehrenbach, 1977), and at the time of our last spectroscopic observations (June 1981) it was still going on. During this last period of activity several observations were made with IUE in both the low and high resolution modes, from 1175 A to 3100 A.


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