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Bright OB stars in the Galaxy.II. Wind variability in O supergiants as traced by H-alpha | | N. Markova
; J. Puls
; S. Scuderi
; H. Markov
; | | Date: |
31 May 2005 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory, Universitats-Sternwarte, Munchen, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania | | Abstract: | We investigate the line-profile variability (lpv) of H-alpha for a large sample of O-type supergiants. We used the Temporal Variance Spectrum (TVS) analysis, developed by Fullerton et al 1996 and modified by us to take into account the effects of wind emission. By means of a comparative analysis we put a number of constraints on the properties of the variability as a function of stellar and wind parameters. The results of our analysis show that all the stars in the sample show evidence of significant lpv in H-alpha, mostly dominated by processes in the wind. The variations occur between zero and 0.3 v_inf (i.e., below ~1.5 R_star), in good agreement with the results from similar studies. A comparison between observations and line-profile simulations indicates that for stars with intermediate wind densities the H-alpha variability can be explained by simple models, consisting of coherent or broken shells (blobs) uniformly distributed over the wind volume, with an intrinsic scatter in the maximum density contrast of about a factor of two. For stars at lower and higher wind densities, on the other hand, we found certain inconsistencies between observations and our predictions, most importantly concerning the mean amplitude and the symmetry properties of the TVS. This disagreement might be explained with the presence of coherent large-scale structures, partly confined in a volume close to the star. Interpreted in terms of a variable mass-loss rate, the observed variations of H-alpha indicate changes of 4% with respect to the mean value of M_dot for stars with stronger winds and of 16% for stars with weaker winds. The effect of these variations on the corresponding wind momenta is rather insignificant (<0.16 dex), increasing the local scatter without affecting the Wind Momentum Luminosity Relationship. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0505613 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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