Wind properties of variable B supergiants : Evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes
Context. Variable B supergiants (BSGs) constitute a heterogeneous group of stars with complex photometric and spectroscopic behaviours. They exhibit mass-loss variations and experience different types of oscillation modes, and there is growing evidence that variable stellar winds and photospheric pu...
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Astronomía stars: early-type supergiants stars: mass-loss stars: winds, outflows |
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Astronomía stars: early-type supergiants stars: mass-loss stars: winds, outflows Haucke, Maximiliano Cidale, Lydia Sonia Venero, Roberto Oscar José Curé, Michel Kraus, M. Kanaan, S. Arcos, C. Wind properties of variable B supergiants : Evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes |
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Astronomía stars: early-type supergiants stars: mass-loss stars: winds, outflows |
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Context. Variable B supergiants (BSGs) constitute a heterogeneous group of stars with complex photometric and spectroscopic behaviours. They exhibit mass-loss variations and experience different types of oscillation modes, and there is growing evidence that variable stellar winds and photospheric pulsations are closely related.
Aims: To discuss the wind properties and variability of evolved B-type stars, we derive new stellar and wind parameters for a sample of 19 Galactic BSGs by fitting theoretical line profiles of H, He, and Si to the observed ones and compare them with previous determinations.
Methods: The synthetic line profiles are computed with the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) atmosphere code FASTWIND, with a β-law for hydrodynamics.
Results: The mass-loss rate of three stars has been obtained for the first time. The global properties of stellar winds of mid/late B supergiants are well represented by a β-law with β > 2. All stars follow the known empirical wind momentum-luminosity relationships, and the late BSGs show the trend of the mid BSGs. HD 75149 and HD 99953 display significant changes in the shape and intensity of the Hα line (from a pure absorption to a P Cygni profile, and vice versa). These stars have mass-loss variations of almost a factor of 2.8. A comparison among mass-loss rates from the literature reveals discrepancies of a factor of 1 to 7. This large variation is a consequence of the uncertainties in the determination of the stellar radius. Therefore, for a reliable comparison of these values we used the invariant parameter Q<sub>r</sub>. Based on this parameter, we find an empirical relationship that associates the amplitude of mass-loss variations with photometric/spectroscopic variability on timescales of tens of days. We find that stars located on the cool side of the bi-stability jump show a decrease in the ratio V<sub>∞</sub>/V<sub>esc</sub>, while their corresponding mass-loss rates are similar to or lower than the values found for stars on the hot side. Particularly, for those variable stars a decrease in V<sub>∞</sub>/V<sub>esc</sub> is accompanied by a decrease in Ṁ.
Conclusions: Our results also suggest that radial pulsation modes with periods longer than 6 days might be responsible for the wind variability in the mid/late-type. These radial modes might be identified with strange modes, which are known to facilitate (enhanced) mass loss. On the other hand, we propose that the wind behaviour of stars on the cool side of the bi-stability jump could fit with predictions of the δ-slow hydrodynamics solution for radiation-driven winds with highly variable ionization. |
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Haucke, Maximiliano Cidale, Lydia Sonia Venero, Roberto Oscar José Curé, Michel Kraus, M. Kanaan, S. Arcos, C. |
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Haucke, Maximiliano Cidale, Lydia Sonia Venero, Roberto Oscar José Curé, Michel Kraus, M. Kanaan, S. Arcos, C. |
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Haucke, Maximiliano |
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Wind properties of variable B supergiants : Evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes |
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Wind properties of variable B supergiants : Evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes |
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Wind properties of variable B supergiants : Evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes |
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Wind properties of variable B supergiants : Evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes |
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Wind properties of variable B supergiants : Evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes |
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wind properties of variable b supergiants : evidence of pulsations connected with mass-loss episodes |
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2018 |
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http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/93760 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2018/06/aa31678-17/aa31678-17.html https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/87636 |
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