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500 - 3200 Å Observations of the Interacting Binary Stars V356 Sgr and β Lyr

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. S. Polidan
R. S. Polidan*
Affiliation:
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory-West,University of Arizona, Tucson,AZ 85721,U.S.A.

Abstract

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In this paper we present new results from the Voyager ultraviolet spectrometers and the IUE spacecraft on V356 Sgr and β Lyr. The V356 Sgr observations cover, in detail, two eclipses and include one IUE high dispersion SWP image. During both eclipses the total strength of the UV emission lines were found to be invariant. Also, an uneclipsed UV continuum was detected at wavelengths shorter than 1600 Å. The IUE high dispersion SWP spectrum revealed that the emission lines are extremely broad, almost symmetrical lines with weak, slightly blue shifted absorption components. No evidence of carbon is seen in the emission or absorption spectrum of V356 Sgr in eclipse. A model for the origin of the circumstellar matter in this binary system is presented. The Voyager ultraviolet observations of β Lyr show a strong far-UV continuum that is detectable down to 912 Å The far-UV continuum flux level was variable on time scales shorter than the orbital period and displayed no obvious orbital modulation or eclipses. The spectral shape of the far-UV continuum closely resembles that of a UX UMa type cataclysmic variable. On 16 August 1985 an rapid brightening of the far-UV continuum was observed which was also reminiscent of cataclysmic variables. Analysis of the β Lyr data suggest that the central object must be small, with a radius on the order of 1 R⊙ or less.

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Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 107: Algols , 1989 , pp. 85 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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