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Fluorescence and Chromospheric Activity of V471 Tau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

T.R. Vaccaro  and
R.E. Wilson
T.R. Vaccaro
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, 202 Nicholson Hall, Tower Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001

Abstract

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The red dwarf + white dwarf eclipsing binary V471 Tau shows a variable Hα feature that varies from absorption during eclipse to maximum emission during white dwarf transit. In 1998 we obtained simultaneous BVRI photometry and Hα spectroscopy, with thorough phase coverage of the 12.5 hour orbital period. A binary star model was used with our light curve, radial velocity, and Hα data to refine stellar and orbital parameters. Combined absorption-emission profiles were generated by the model and fit to the observations, yielding a red star radius of 0.94R⊙. Orbital inclination 78° is required with this size and other known parameters. The model includes three spots 1,000 K cooler than the surrounding photosphere. The variable Hα profile was modeled as a chromospheric fluorescing region (essentially on the surface of the red star) centered at the substellar point. Additional emission seen outside our modeled profiles may be large co-rotating prominences that complicate the picture.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 187: Exotic Stars as Challenges to Evolution , 2002 , pp. 167 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002

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