2021AJ....162..120G -
Astron. J., 162, 120-120 (2021/September-0)
The circumstellar gas of phi Leonis in the UV.
GRADY C.A., REBOLLIDO I., BROWN A., WELSH B. and EIROA C.
Abstract (from CDS):
HST UV spectra were obtained to study whether the φ Leo system has one or more stellar companions, as shown for the A-star dwarf, HR10, stellar pulsation, or transiting exocomets. During five partial HST observation sets spread over 13 months, redshifted gas with radial velocities up to +245 km s–1 was observed on one occasion, with lower velocity infalling material seen twice. Blueshifted gas features with velocities as high as -150 km s–1 with up to three features in two spectra were also seen. Low-mass stellar companions to late A stars are coronal sources. Assuming an age of 450 Myr, G-K companions to φ Leo, and multiple M-star companions would have been detected in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey data, but are not seen. Further, the star shows only 1 major pulsation component, suggesting it is single, excluding an A- or early F-star companion. Low covering factor absorption features with |v| <= 200 km s–1 have been reported in optical spectra with variation on timescales consistent with nonradial pulsation. However, the highest velocity infall feature has a broader, continuous absorption profile extending from the stellar velocity to +245 km s–1, with a covering factor of ∼25% which is more consistent with a transit by a body on a star-grazing orbit.
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Journal keyword(s):
Stellar pulsations
Errata:
erratum vol. 163, art. 9 (2022)
Simbad objects:
10
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