Companions to peculiar red giants: HR 363 and HR 1105

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PECULIAR

Programs

Sciences

Telescope

Astronomy

Corporation

Science

Indiana

recent

peculiar

red

and HR emission

1105. lines

continuum.

observations

that

to the

indicating

companion,

other

hand,

1982,

no

C IV was

appears

to have was

strong,

II1/. 303

UV flux

may

from

temperature

a highly

discerned

increasing

be

a

AND

HR

Benjamin

Dept.

Department

F. Peery,

and

Howard

occuring

illuminated IUE data

when

by were

component

the

side

of the

but

of 3 in 1987

been

discovered

were

undertaken

Ori.

The UV,

be ruled

without

S-star

first

two

show

no

the

third

has

heterogeneous histories.

One

s-process

giants

be interacting the

Tc but

been

found

correlation

group

of objects

with

different

group

of these,

closely

related

thus may have been Under this scenario, PRG,

but

once

was

went

since the in the UV

pulsating

PRG

of the

have

white

dwarf

state,

from

Since

HR

363

Stellar

away.

(S3-1-/2-) Radial

on its

except This

latest

in deep appear

to

to K-M

giants

and

primary reflects elements

compaation

should

Little et al (Ref. Tc-deficient stars Two

surveys

been

published

A Decade

for

have

been

searched

2). ff the above scenario should be binaries with WD (refs.

companions 3-4)

of UV Astronomy

and

of the companions

wtth IUE,

in the

as being

Ake

Proc

while

Tc holds.

o I Ori

is

We report

variations,

and

is not

in

is affected

only

for

apparent.

Compared

emission

is suggestive

The

as Tc

observations corresponding

stronger

points,

S stars

to a few

Celebratory

stars

M giants

existence

is correct, the WD secondaries. MS and

the be

the

stars

Since

may

an

prominent

(Ref.

7).

red

The

obvious.

are

feature

hit

re-extraction

splitting other

is not

chromospheric

In Figure

temperature, as noted

1 we show 7 Cru

from

spectrum

363 have

has

is too

high

of a chromosphere

noisy

a composition

undergone similar

(M3

in III).

dispersion are of the

for positive

dissimilar

convective to the

at

that

by our

giants,

of

as is typical

et al (Ref. 8). While there in the HR 363 data at some the

HR

are

removed

not

lines

in general

based

or period

with a Gaussian and emission fines

by a cosmic-ray

of similar

Carpenter excursions

orbit

4) determined

Si H 1808/1817

but

emission

automatically

1815

to other

by

and

no

we have reobserved it with a the resultant spectrum after

partially

normal

an M giant

of the

Tc is by

been

since

such

be a

(Ref.

of

binary,

of a degenerate secondary based due to the importance of this

S I + Si II of M giant

that now

and

exposures

comparison

Catalogue

but

Johnson

uni'ortunately has

General

a spectroscopic

hits and reprocessing A low level continuum

technique

these

that

noted

velocity

extraneous routine.

probably 1). a

that

itself

that

1815

star.

list of PRGs

in

lines.

363

on the binary hypothesis, exposure. Figure 1 shows

confirmation. The

was

Velocities

S I + O I 1300

Tc,

a companion

the

its composition

companion,

decayed (WD)

phase.

evolutionary

of considerable than

lines

variable in the UV, HD 35155 and HR

binaries with

2. HR

removing extraction

C are a

binaries in the past (Ref. primary did not evolve into

by material

this

peculiar

S, SC and

without

to Ba II stars

polluted

a thermally should

stars but

mass-transfer the current

through

phase

the

overabundances

emission temperature

primary

the

MS,

element

be more

that

strong

no high

to be.

upper limit on the luminosity on a quick SWP survey, but

of type

in the discovery HR 1105 and o 1

on another Tc-poor S star, IIR 363, and HR 1105 is also a UV variable as HD 35155

was established.

apparent

have

Tc but

observations or

have resulted HD 35155,

mass-transfer

expected

presumably

(PRGs)

These

abundance

with

out.

increasingly red

5-6).

to Tc

1986

object longer

abundance

(refs.

regard

while

may and

has

by

serendipitously

here observations demonstrate that

1. INTRODUCTION

It is becoming

Astronomy

liD 35155 also has been noted to be higtdy both in the continuum and the lines. Thus

not,

UV companion.

system,

the companion faces the Earth, but taken over 3 orbits, a secular change

cannot

Jr.

University

prominent lines of Si IIl], C IIl], O III], Si IV and N V. Using orbital parameters, these observations are consistent with high activity

1105

of Physics

University

1105

emission

variable for this

by a factor

R. Johnson

the

that this is an interacting system recently occurred. HR 1105, on the

UV

flux

far

contribution

no high

S-type

binaries,

the

a possible

IIR 363

indications of binary nature, but of three stars with hot secondaries:

of IIR 363 shows and a trace of

M giants,

but

lines are seen to indicate where mass-transfer has

In

Tc-deficient

spectroscopic

A 675 min SWP exposure of O I 1304 and Si II 1812

larger,

dwarf

of two

are also

Compared

relatively white

IUE

giants

GIANTS:

Institute

ABSTRACT

We report

F1-LMFA)

RED

Hollis

IIl

,

from

mixing,

M giants

the

should

not

assumed.

have have

Symposium,

Since

GSFC,

we are looking

Greenbelt,

USA,

for a hot

12-15

April

companion

to HR

1988, ESA SP-281,

363,

we are

Vol. 1 (June

1988)

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Figure

1. SWP

interested

in whether

compared

to other

on

the

1200

1300

argue to

that

the

these

1400

the

light

Basri

(Ref.

10)

25%

of the

flux

UV

and

1500

model

for

find

1600

in single in interpreting

the

SWP.

M giants the

is below

is real data

is not

due

observations

in

HR 363

derived

is about

and

one

revision than

Thus

the

must

as evidence

added by

exercise

for

flatness

of the-spectrum

by measuring

A, converting

rex600

= -2.5

for

is not present. the upper limit the

it to

average

- 21.1,

1. Average

Fluxes

363,

a WD

HR Type

V E(B SWP F,xp

- V) Number Time

(rain)

Observer (m16oo-

V)o

363

$3+/2

flux in the scale

and

using

at

1600

the

1250

the

by colors

(Ref.

bluer

than

SWP

the

7 Cru M3 III

p Per M4

II-III

the

If the should

(see Ref. spectrum

added then

flux have

we UBVRI

color

curve

and

for

indicating

for

HR

there

continuum

Mv=ll.2,

for

is

type,

the

entire

we derive

magnitude

V colors

data

which

spectral

that

M stars

region.

-

The published

their

white

to compute

mlB00

values,

Note

363 is

in HR

but

the flux

upwards

at the

4). If we assume that HI{ 363 comparable to the M giants, we

yields

Mv=ll.7

a flatter

for

energy

3. HR

the

companion,

distribution.

Giants

g Her M6 III

1.62

3.2

5.05

0.05 32472

0.00 5891

0.03 32553

0.0O 1387

90

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Ake

Sarmer

Ake

Wing

9.63

10.24

10.05

10.00

1105

to 11o5

whose

resultant

Red

for

11).

to a companion,

would

the

comparing

field

primary

M giants.

reddening

mean

of this

identified.

for

of the

1 we present

with

in the

are

determinations

tabulated

Eggen

in 7 Cru

3 late-type

M giants

0.5 mag

that

HR

computing

A for

2000

with

region

by

1900

magnitude

In Table

shortest wavelengths has a chromospheric find

6.43

675

similar

the

from flux

($3.5/2)

is a 596

secondary

was

obtained

2 SWP

the

day,

same

day

first

exposures

the

longer

spectroscopic

reported

of 20 min. one

binary

by Peery

taken

and

after

(ReL

(Ref.

6).

87 rain.

12)

He had

duration

C IV emission

We

have

variability

spectra

with

2 we present centered phases The

obtained

2 other

of this

object.

the stronger the

from recent

state than December

emission

integrated

in the relatively

observations

In Figure line

line

lines fluxes

determination

observations

have

caught

are the

was was

can confirm

2 we show

plots

of the

identified,

and

in Table

and

free region

Griffm's

and

on

was

fotmd in the first image. Interestingly a 20 rain. exposure obtained by O'Brien and Johnson in 1982 and no emission seen.

Star

absolute

for

363 is due

the Spectral

-

is unclear.

In Ref. 4 we describe a method to the luminosity of a hot

a magnitude

log(f18oo)

Table

HR

with

the

well as for

for a WD far

color

for

obtained

lines

lines

limit.

363 as

corrected

more

5%.

the upper

7)

calculated

in the

weaker

and

which

Tell > 15000K for determining

1950

s,

1800

Chromospheric

of the

(Ref.

companions.

secondary

J_

1700

7 Cru.

HR

rough

9) have

contribute

likely

been

because

We have

star

the reality

dwarfs

chromospheres

et al (Ref.

it cannot

A, and

caution

By the

II

(A)

m16o0 -- V

has

Sanner

as prescribed

that

little Prom

lower

M3 III

work

perhaps and

the where

flux

for M giants

the

Basri

and 363,

much

SWP.

region

paper,

continuum

some

in the

from

363

giants,

Stickland

contribution

at 1900

been

continuum,

light

arises

their

has

of cool

in this

but

scattering

scattered

spectra

HR

for HR

continuum

there

underlying

continuum

Since

an improved

line

PRG showr,

is additional While

contamination,

scatter,

stars.

are

scattered

of the

grating

of the

there

general

about

estimates

spectra positions

stars.

emission the

of concerns

i +

Si

_

Corresponding

about

s

II

II

Wovelength

said

+

Fe

0

1 100

done

I

a continuum at

also

1460/_.

flux Orbital

indicated.

system

in a higher

previously seen, with a subsequent decline 1987 to March 1988 in both the continuum

from and

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o

I

11Q0

1200

1 300

1400

1 :500

1 600

Wavelength Figure

2. Temporal

5 x 10 -14

emission

lines.

together,

with

the

In general, little

continuum

1987.

essentially

These

associated rather apparent

was

the

continuum

that

the

same

analysis

of the

ratio

of tiffs

system

was

not but

(miss0

in the

redder,

system,

The

1986

are

continuum

and

-

V)

Finally

lines

such

the

4. DISCUSSION

1105,

and

brightness

spectroscopic are

quite

and

binary different

HR

PRGs, and

the

1105 their

evidence

are

Tc-deficient

characteristics for

the

in the

far

by the should

UV

mass-transfer

Table

the

2. IUE

Observations Flux

or a hot

companion. be correlated

points

at which

of HR

(x 10 -13

is not

and

HR

the

outer

In the with the

flux

currently

is not

but indicate

of the

have

SWP

No.

been

1105

ergs/cm2/s)

1982 1986

Aug 31 Feb 7

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1987

Dec

17

32552

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33059

1988Mar

Overexposed

Phase 4.057

NV

OI

SiIV

CIV

SilII]

CIIII

6.163

1.38

1.71

2.34

9.27

0.18

0.49

7.302 7.436

7.60 3.80

3.02 2.69

6.17 1.75

> 27 a 11.7

2.03 1.12

1.78 0.92

as these between

primary

are the

heated

the observed changes In Figure 3 we show

f1460

Date

that

observed.

such

a stream

atmosphere

as with clear.

directly

systems

last two cases, orbital phase.

an

is not

continuum

for

a

1105.

is present,

secondary,

is from emission

UV radiation

of the

observations

is even

for a brighter UV

tiffs

to

chosen. the

temperature

companion

around

is required

M giants

if excess

M giants,

Further

giants

opt

that

of the radiation

disk

type

35155

of the

of a WD

locations

red

companion

variability

components, 363

a hot

the

objects were we find that

of high

HD

with

be inferred.

would

that

source

photosphere

only

earlier

standards

the

accretion

can

of other

absence

clearly

abundance

comparison

comparison Sanner data,

symbiotics,

Possible an

HR

363

K and

like

by are indicated.

current

on

we note

the

system

For Hit

the

to be variable.

The

both

of their

as C IV indicates

interacting

March

for other

offset

slopes

chromospheres

color

companion,

are

Based

to HR

so using

WD

the

While

origin

is mixed.

companion.

lines

plots

confirm that appropriate From the Stickland and

to the

weak.

appear

is

20Q0

1900

continuum

the

companion

in the

Feb

for

a WD

but in 1986 N V is weaker and the is < 1. Thus on a longer time scale,

conditions

hypothesis

and

bluer

III]

1800

Successive

is slightly

by a decrease

in the

region.

are labelled

peculiarities

decline

variations

SWP

features

scale

of the

is somewhat

the

in the

and

Compared

some

1105

emission

of different

energetics reduced

HR

strengths

Si III]/C

of lines

region.

however, exposure

1988 observations, Si III]/C III] ratio physical

emitting

A is nearly

line

argue

luminosity

1460

continuum

sensitive

total

in 1986,

and

ratios

observations

size of the

at

density as are

in the

although

flux

The

PRG

Prominent

relative

the

a change

observation seen,

lines

with the

of the each.

in the

although

unchanged,

excitation.

the

change

slope,

in December

variation

ergs/cm2/sec/A

1 700 (A)

(ergs/cm2/s/_) 8.6a(-15) 1.60(-14) 3.01(-14) 1.63(-14)

made.

There

is

T B AKE,

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H R JOHNSON

& B F PEERY

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Figure 3. Motion of the HR 1105 system center of mass. Phases at been taken are marked.

S-type which

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4.

Ake

5.

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6.

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was nearly seen

in

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of the

on,

while

occurred sky.

the

But

data

the correspondences variations cannot required

the

of the primary

face

year,

in that

except

state

illuminated

the

when

highest

lowest

for

the

was collected

by the

phase

the primary

occurred

and

(i.e.,

observations

7.

emission

York:

Peery

B F Jr 1986,

if the

changes

are

made orbital

actually

obtaining specialized supported

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the

assistance

of the

so

8.

9.

periodic.

IUE

staff

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NASA

grant

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