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Title:
HST/STIS spectroscopy of the magnetic Of?p star HD 108: the low state at ultraviolet wavelengths
Authors:
Marcolino, W. L. F.; Bouret, J.-C.; Walborn, N. R.; Howarth, I. D.; Nazé, Y.; Fullerton, A. W.; Wade, G. A.; Hillier, D. J.; Herrero, A.
Affiliation:
AA(Observatório do Valongo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ladeira Pedro Antônio, 43, CEP 20080-090, Brazil), AB(LAM-UMR6110, CNRS & Université Provence, rue Fréderic Joliot-Curie, F-13388 Marseille Cedex 13, France; NASA/GSFC, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA), AC(Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA), AD(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT), AE(FNRS-GAPHE, Départment AGO, Université de Liege, Allée du 6 Août 17, Bat. B5C, B400-Liège, Belgium), AF(Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA), AG(Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Station Forces, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada), AH(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA), AI(Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, C/Vía Láctea s/n, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez s/n, E-38071 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 422, Issue 3, pp. 2314-2321. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/2012
Origin:
WILEY
Astronomy Keywords:
stars: atmospheres, stars: magnetic field, stars: massive, stars: winds, outflows
Abstract Copyright:
© 2012 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2012 RAS
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20820.x
Bibliographic Code:
2012MNRAS.422.2314M

Abstract

We present the first ultraviolet spectrum of the peculiar, magnetic Of?p star HD 108 obtained in its spectroscopic low state. The new data, obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the Hubble Space Telescope, reveal significant changes compared to IUE spectra obtained in the high state: N Vlambda1240, Si IVlambda1400 and C IVlambda1550 present weaker P Cygni profiles (less absorption) in the new data, while N IVlambda1718 absorption is deeper, without the clear wind signature evident in the high state. Such changes contrast with those found in other magnetic massive stars, where more absorption is observed in the resonance doublets when the sightline is close to the plane of the magnetic equator. The new data show also that the photospheric Fe IV forest, at ˜1600-1700 Å, has strengthened compared to previous observations. The ultraviolet variability is large compared to that found in typical, non-magnetic O stars, but moderate when compared to the high-/low-state changes reported in the optical spectrum of HD 108 over several decades. We use non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) expanding-atmosphere models to analyse the new STIS observations. Overall, the results are in accord with a scenario in which the optical variability is mainly produced by magnetically constrained gas, close to the photosphere. The relatively modest changes found in the main ultraviolet wind lines suggest that the stellar wind is not substantially variable on a global scale. Nonetheless, multidimensional radiative-transfer models may be needed to understand some of the phenomena observed.
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