THE RESULTS OF NEW POLARIMETRIC OBSERVATI ONS OF THE UNUSUAL INTERACTING BINARY HD-207739

Authors
Citation
Av. Berdyugin, THE RESULTS OF NEW POLARIMETRIC OBSERVATI ONS OF THE UNUSUAL INTERACTING BINARY HD-207739, ASTRONOM ZH, 70(3), 1993, pp. 497-511
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ASTRONOMICESKIJ ZURNAL
ISSN journal
00046299 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
497 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6299(1993)70:3<497:TRONPO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Polarimetric observations of the unusual interacting binary HD 207739 have shown an existence of variable phase-dependent intrinsic linear p olarization. It was shown that the observed variations of Stokes param eters are well represented with Fourier expansion up to second garmoni cs. The second-harmonlc terms dominate, and their analysis gives the o rbital inclination value of i = 77+/-2-degrees. The analysis of the ph ase dependence of polarization gives the information about gaseous-str eam location In the binary. It is shown that the gaseous streams which produce the scattered light should be located between the components in the direction at 45-degrees to the line connecting the components' centers. An evolutionary status of the binary has also been discused.