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Near-IR spectroscopic search for binary companions to dusty WC stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Watson P. Varricatt
Watson P. Varricatt*
Affiliation:
Joint Astronomy Centre, Hawai'i Headquarters, University Park, 660 North A'ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720, USA

Abstract

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Many late WC type Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are known to form dust in their winds. While, in the case of episodic dust makers, it is now clear that dust formation takes place due to a colliding wind phenomenon, we still do not know for sure if binarity is the main reason for dust formation in persistent dust makers. This work is to understand, if persistent dust formation is also due to colliding winds in close binary systems. A systematic search for colliding winds is taken up via high resolution spectroscopy of the He i λ1.083μm emission line. Preliminary indications of binarity in many persistent dust makers are seen.

Type
Part 1. Atmospheres of Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003 , pp. 251 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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