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Title:
Spectropolarimetric Observations of Herbig Ae/Be Stars. II. Comparison of Spectropolarimetric Surveys: HAeBe, Be and Other Emission-Line Stars
Authors:
Harrington, D. M.; Kuhn, J. R.
Publication:
eprint arXiv:0809.3849
Publication Date:
09/2008
Origin:
ARXIV
Keywords:
Astrophysics
Comment:
Accepted in ApJS. 57 pages, 34 figures
Bibliographic Code:
2008arXiv0809.3849H

Abstract

The polarization of light across individual spectral lines contains information about the circumstellar environment on very small spatial scales. We have obtained a large number of high precision, high resolution spectropolarimetric observations of Herbig Ae/Be, Classical Be and other emission-line stars collected on 117 nights of observations with the HiVIS spectropolarimeter at a resolution of R=13000 on the 3.67m AEOS telescope. We also have many observations from the ESPaDOnS spectropolarimeter at a resolution of R=68000 on the 3.6m CFH telescope. In roughly ~2/3 of the so-called "windy" or "disky" Herbig Ae/Be stars, the detected H-alpha linear polarization varies from our typical detection threshold near 0.1% to over 2%. In all but one HAe/Be star the detected polarization effect is not coincident with the H-alpha emission peak but is detected in and around the obvious absorptive part of the line profile. The qu-loops are dominated by the polarization in this absorptive region. In several stars the polarization varies in time mostly in the absorptive component and is not necessarily tied to corresponding variations in intensity. This is a new result not seen at lower resolution. In the Be and emission-line stars, 10 out of a sample of 30 show a typical broad depolarization effect but 4 of these 10 show weaker effects only visible at high resolution. Another 5 of 30 show smaller amplitude, more complex signatures. Six stars of alternate classification showed large amplitude (1-3%) absorptive polarization effects. These detections are largely inconsistent with the traditional disk-scattering and depolarization models.
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