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Title: | Contemporaneous Broad-Band Photometry and Hα Observations of T Tau Stars | Authors: | FRASCA, Antonio Montes, D. ALCALA', JUAN MANUEL Klutsch, A. Guillout, P. |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Journal: | ACTA ASTRONOMICA | Number: | 68 | Issue: | 4 | First Page: | 403 | Abstract: | In this paper we present the results of a simultaneous BVRI and Hα photometric monitoring, contemporaneous to medium-resolution spectroscopy of six T Tau stars in the Taurus-Auriga star forming region. We have characterized the Hα photometric system using synthetic templates and the contemporaneous spectra of the targets. We show that we can achieve a precision corresponding to 2-3 Å in the Hα equivalent width, in typical observing conditions. <P />The spectral analysis has allowed us to determine the basic stellar parameters and the values of quantities related to the accretion. In particular, we have measured a significant veiling only for the three targets with the strongest Hα emission (T Tau, FM Tau, and DG Tau). <P />The broad-band photometric variations are found to be in the range of 0.05-0.70 mag and are often paired to variations in the Hα intensity, which becomes stronger when the stellar continuum is weaker. In addition, we have mostly observed a redder V-I and a bluer B-V color as the stars become fainter. For most of the targets, the timescales of these variations seem to be longer than the rotation period. One exception is T Tau, for which the broad-band photometry varies with the rotation period. The most plausible interpretation of these photometric and Hα variations is that they are due to non-stationary mass accretion onto the stars, but rotational modulation can play a major role in some cases. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/27790 | URL: | http://acta.astrouw.edu.pl/Vol68/n4/a_68_4_5.html | ISSN: | 0001-5237 | DOI: | 10.32023/0001-5237/68.4.5 | Bibcode ADS: | 2018AcA....68..403F | Fulltext: | open |
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