Search: WFRF:(Lueftinger T.) >
HST/STIS analysis o...
HST/STIS analysis of the first main sequence pulsar CU Virginis
-
- Krticka, J. (author)
- Masaryk Univ, Dept Theoret Phys & Astrophys, Kotlarska 2, CS-61137 Brno, Czech Republic
-
- Mikulasek, Z. (author)
- Masaryk Univ, Dept Theoret Phys & Astrophys, Kotlarska 2, CS-61137 Brno, Czech Republic
-
- Henry, G. W. (author)
- Tennessee State Univ, Ctr Excellence Informat Syst, Nashville, TN 37203 USA
-
show more...
-
- Janik, J. (author)
- Masaryk Univ, Dept Theoret Phys & Astrophys, Kotlarska 2, CS-61137 Brno, Czech Republic
-
- Kochukhov, Oleg (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för fysik och astronomi,Astronomi och rymdfysik
-
- Pigulski, A. (author)
- Wroclaw Univ, Astron Inst, Kopernika 11, PL-51622 Wroclaw, Poland
-
- Leto, P. (author)
- Osserv Astrofis Catania, INAF, Via S Sofia 78, I-95123 Catania, Italy
-
- Trigilio, C. (author)
- Osserv Astrofis Catania, INAF, Via S Sofia 78, I-95123 Catania, Italy
-
- Krtickova, I (author)
- Masaryk Univ, Dept Theoret Phys & Astrophys, Kotlarska 2, CS-61137 Brno, Czech Republic
-
- Lueftinger, T. (author)
- Univ Wien, Inst Astron, Turkenschanzstr 17, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
-
- Prvak, M. (author)
- Masaryk Univ, Dept Theoret Phys & Astrophys, Kotlarska 2, CS-61137 Brno, Czech Republic
-
- Tichy, A. (author)
- Masaryk Univ, Dept Theoret Phys & Astrophys, Kotlarska 2, CS-61137 Brno, Czech Republic
-
show less...
-
(creator_code:org_t)
- 2019-05-07
- 2019
- English.
-
In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 625
- Related links:
-
https://www.aanda.or...
-
show more...
-
https://urn.kb.se/re...
-
https://doi.org/10.1...
-
show less...
Abstract
Subject headings
Close
- ContextCU Vir has been the first main sequence star that showed regular radio pulses that persist for decades, resembling the radio lighthouse of pulsars and interpreted as auroral radio emission similar to that found in planets. The star belongs to a rare group of magnetic chemically peculiar stars with variable rotational period.AimsWe study the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum of CU Vir obtained using STIS spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to search for the source of radio emission and to test the model of the rotational period evolution. Methods. We used our own far-UV and visual photometric observations supplemented with the archival data to improve the parameters of the quasisinusoidal long-term variations of the rotational period. We predict the flux variations of CU Vir from surface abundance maps and compare these variations with UV flux distribution. We searched for wind, auroral, and interstellar lines in the spectra.ResultsThe UV and visual light curves display the same long-term period variations supporting their common origin. New updated abundance maps provide better agreement with the observed flux distribution. The upper limit of the wind mass-loss rate is about 10(-12) M-circle dot yr(-1). We do not find any auroral lines. We find rotationally modulated variability of interstellar lines, which is most likely of instrumental origin.ConclusionsOur analysis supports the flux redistribution from far-UV to near-UV and visual domains originating in surface abundance spots as the main cause of the flux variability in chemically peculiar stars. Therefore, UV and optical variations are related and the structures leading to these variations are rigidly confined to the stellar surface. The radio emission of CU Vir is most likely powered by a very weak presumably purely metallic wind, which leaves no imprint in spectra.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- stars: chemically peculiar
- stars: early-type
- stars: variables: general
- stars: individual: CU Vir
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
Find in a library
To the university's database
- By the author/editor
-
Krticka, J.
-
Mikulasek, Z.
-
Henry, G. W.
-
Janik, J.
-
Kochukhov, Oleg
-
Pigulski, A.
-
show more...
-
Leto, P.
-
Trigilio, C.
-
Krtickova, I
-
Lueftinger, T.
-
Prvak, M.
-
Tichy, A.
-
show less...
- About the subject
-
- NATURAL SCIENCES
-
NATURAL SCIENCES
-
and Physical Science ...
-
and Astronomy Astrop ...
- Articles in the publication
-
Astronomy and As ...
- By the university
-
Uppsala University