Monitoring the Polarimetric Variability of �� Scorpii

Autor: Bednarski, Daniel, Carciofi, Alex Cavali��ri
Rok vydání: 2012
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DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1211.0556
Popis: The Be star �� Scorpii is an interesting binary system, whose primary companion created a circumstellar disk after the periastron passage of the secondary in 2000, being since then classified as Be. This work presents the results of a long-term monitoring of this star in broad-band imaging polarimetry. The observational data collected since 2006 in the Pico dos Dias Observatory (Brazil) show a variable polarization that seems to correlate with the photometric light curve. From this data we see that the disk density varied since 2006; furthermore, the data suggests that there was some disturbance of the disk during the last periastron passage in July, 2011.
4 pages; Proceedings of the Circumstellar Dynamics at High Resolution (CSDyn) to be published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series (ASPCS)
Databáze: OpenAIRE