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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/735/1/34 | ||||
| Año | 2011 | ||||
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A 30 day contiguous photometric run with the Microvariability and Oscillations of STars (MOST) satellite on the WN5-6b star WR 110 (HD 165688) reveals a fundamental periodicity of P = 4.08 +/- 0.55 days along with a number of harmonics at periods P/n, with n approximate to 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and a few other possible stray periodicities and/or stochastic variability on timescales longer than about a day. Spectroscopic radial velocity studies fail to reveal any plausible companion with a period in this range. Therefore, we conjecture that the observed light-curve cusps of amplitude similar to 0.01 mag that recur at a 4.08 day timescale may arise in the inner parts, or at the base, of a corotating interaction region (CIR) seen in emission as it rotates around with the star at constant angular velocity. The hard X-ray component seen in WR 110 could then be a result of a high velocity component of the CIR shock interacting with the ambient wind at several stellar radii. Given that most hot, luminous stars showing CIRs have two CIR arms, it is possible that either the fundamental period is 8.2 days or, more likely in the case of WR 110, there is indeed a second weaker CIR arm for P = 4.08 days, that occurs similar to two-thirds of a rotation period after the main CIR. If this interpretation is correct, WR 110 therefore joins the ranks with three other single WR stars, all WN, with confirmed CIR rotation periods (WR 1, WR 6, and WR 134), albeit with WR 110 having by far the lowest amplitude photometric modulation. This illustrates the power of being able to secure intense, continuous highprecision photometry from space-based platforms such as MOST. It also opens the door to revealing low-amplitude photometric variations in other WN stars, where previous attempts have failed. If all WN stars have CIRs at some level, this could be important for revealing sources of magnetism or pulsation in addition to rotation periods.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Chene, Andre-Nicolas | Hombre |
Herzberg Inst Astrophys - Canadá
Universidad de Concepción - Chile Universidad de Valparaíso - Chile National Research Council Canada - Canadá |
| 2 | Moffat, Anthony F. J. | Hombre |
UNIV MONTREAL - Canadá
Ctr Rech Astrophys Quebec - Canadá University of Montreal - Canadá |
| 3 | Cameron, Collier | - |
UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadá
The University of British Columbia - Canadá |
| 4 | Fahed, R. | - |
UNIV MONTREAL - Canadá
Ctr Rech Astrophys Quebec - Canadá University of Montreal - Canadá |
| 5 | Gamen, Roberto | Hombre |
UNIV NACL LA PLATA - Argentina
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata) - Argentina Instituto de Astrofisica de La Plata - Argentina |
| 6 | Lefevre, L. | - |
Observ Royal Belgique - Bélgica
Royal Observatory of Belgium - Bélgica |
| 7 | Rowe, J. F. | - |
NASA - Estados Unidos
NASA Ames Research Center - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | St-Louis, N. | Mujer |
UNIV MONTREAL - Canadá
Ctr Rech Astrophys Quebec - Canadá University of Montreal - Canadá Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 9 | Muntean, V. | - |
UNIV MONTREAL - Canadá
Ctr Rech Astrophys Quebec - Canadá University of Montreal - Canadá |
| 10 | De La Chevrotiere, A. | - |
UNIV MONTREAL - Canadá
Ctr Rech Astrophys Quebec - Canadá University of Montreal - Canadá |
| 10 | Chevrotière, A. De La | - |
University of Montreal - Canadá
Ctr Rech Astrophys Quebec - Canadá |
| 11 | Guenther, David B. | Hombre |
St Marys Univ - Canadá
Saint Mary's University - Canadá |
| 12 | Kuschnig, Rainer | Hombre |
Univ Vienna - Austria
Institut fur Astronomie, Vienna - Austria Universität Wien - Austria |
| 13 | Matthews, Jaymie M. | Mujer |
UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadá
The University of British Columbia - Canadá |
| 14 | Rucinski, Slavek M. | - |
UNIV TORONTO - Canadá
University of Toronto - Canadá |
| 15 | Sasselov, Dimitar | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 16 | Weiss, W. | Hombre |
Univ Vienna - Austria
Institut fur Astronomie, Vienna - Austria Universität Wien - Austria |
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| NSERC (Canada) |
| Austrian Science Fund (FWF) |
| Austrian Science Fund |
| Chilean Centro de Excelencia en Astrofisica y Tecnologias Afines (CATA) |
| FQRNT (Quebec) |
| Chilean Centro de Astrofisica FONDAP |
| Austrian Space Agency |
| Austrian Fonds sur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) |
| Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Vienna |
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| A.N.C. gratefully acknowledges support from the Chilean Centro de Astrofisica FONDAP No. 15010003 and the Chilean Centro de Excelencia en Astrofisica y Tecnologias Afines (CATA). D.B.G., J.M.M., A.F.J.M., S.M.R., and N.S.L. are supported by NSERC (Canada), with additional support to A.F.J.M. and N.S.L. from FQRNT (Quebec). R.K. and W.W.W. are supported by the Austrian Space Agency and the Austrian Science Fund. K.Z. acknowledges support from the Austrian Fonds sur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) and is recipient of an APART fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Vienna. We thank the anonymous referee for useful suggestions to improve the clarity of this work. |