| タイトル | The asymmetric wind of R127 |
| 著者（英） | Leitherer, C.; Clayton, G. C.; Meade, M. R.; Drissen, L.; Schmutz, W.; Robert, C.; Nota, A.; Schulte-Ladbeck, R. E. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Headquarters; NASA Ames Research Center |
| 発行日 | 1993-04-20 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | We present optical, linear polarimetry in broad-band UBVRI filters plus narrow-band filters centered on the emission lines of H-alpha and the red forbidden N II and spectropolarimetry in the wavelength range from 4120 A to 6770 A of the luminous blue variable R127 in the LMC. Both observations display a decrease of the percentage polarization across the H-alpha emission line with respect to the continuum. We assume that H-alpha is recombination-line dominated and thus intrinsically unpolarized, and we use the continuum subtracted line polarization to estimate the interstellar foreground polarization. The resulting amount of intrinsic continuum polarization of R127 is very large, of order 1-1.5 percent, implying both the presence of copious free electrons and a considerable asphericity in their distribution. The two data sets, taken two months apart, display significant variations in the continuum polarization, which confirms that the stellar-wind properties of R127 are time-dependent in the maximum state. We discuss several possible wind geometries and present arguments favoring a clumpy, axisymmetric outflow. |
| NASA分類 | ASTROPHYSICS |
| レポートNO | 93A34797 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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