JANÍK, Jan, Jiří KRTIČKA, Zdeněk MIKULÁŠEK, Juraj ZVERKO, Olga PINTADO, Ernst PAUNZEN, Milan PRVÁK, Jan SKALICKÝ, Miloslav ZEJDA and Christian ADAM. A Binary Nature of the Marginal CP Star Sigma Sculptoris. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2018, vol. 130, No 987, p. 1-11. ISSN 0004-6280. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aab142.
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Original name A Binary Nature of the Marginal CP Star Sigma Sculptoris
Name in Czech A Binary Nature of the Marginal CP Star Sigma Sculptoris
Authors JANÍK, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jiří KRTIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk MIKULÁŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Juraj ZVERKO (703 Slovakia), Olga PINTADO (32 Argentina), Ernst PAUNZEN (40 Austria, belonging to the institution), Milan PRVÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan SKALICKÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Miloslav ZEJDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Christian ADAM (276 Germany).
Edition Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2018, 0004-6280.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.470
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/18:00100880
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aab142
UT WoS 000429006800001
Keywords (in Czech) stars: chemically peculiar; stars: early-type; stars: binaries: spectroscopic; stars: variables: general; stars: individual (sigma Scl)
Keywords in English stars: chemically peculiar; stars: early-type; stars: binaries: spectroscopic; stars: variables: general; stars: individual (sigma Scl)
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Abstract
The A2 V star sigma Scl was suspected of being a low-amplitude rotating variable of the Ap-type star by several authors. Aiming to decide whether the star is a variable chemically peculiar (CP) star, we searched for the photometric and spectroscopic variability, and determined chemical abundances of sigma Scl. The possible variability was tested using several types of periodograms applied to the photometry from Long-Term Photometry of Variables project (LTPV) and Hipparcos. Sixty spectrograms of high signal-to-noise (S/N) were obtained and used for chemical analysis of the stellar atmosphere and for looking for spectral variability that is symptomatic for the CP stars. We did not find any signs of the light variability or prominent chemical peculiarity, that is specific for the CP stars. The only exception is the abundance of scandium, which is significantly lower than the solar one and yttrium and barium, which are strongly overabundant. As a by-product of the analysis, and with the addition of 29 further spectra, we found that sigma Scl is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with orbital period of 46.877(8) d. We argue that sigma Scl is not an Ap star, but rather a marginal Am star in SB1 system. The spectral energy distribution of the binary reveals infrared excess due to circumstellar material.
Abstract (in Czech)
The A2 V star sigma Scl was suspected of being a low-amplitude rotating variable of the Ap-type star by several authors. Aiming to decide whether the star is a variable chemically peculiar (CP) star, we searched for the photometric and spectroscopic variability, and determined chemical abundances of sigma Scl. The possible variability was tested using several types of periodograms applied to the photometry from Long-Term Photometry of Variables project (LTPV) and Hipparcos. Sixty spectrograms of high signal-to-noise (S/N) were obtained and used for chemical analysis of the stellar atmosphere and for looking for spectral variability that is symptomatic for the CP stars. We did not find any signs of the light variability or prominent chemical peculiarity, that is specific for the CP stars. The only exception is the abundance of scandium, which is significantly lower than the solar one and yttrium and barium, which are strongly overabundant. As a by-product of the analysis, and with the addition of 29 further spectra, we found that sigma Scl is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with orbital period of 46.877(8) d. We argue that sigma Scl is not an Ap star, but rather a marginal Am star in SB1 system. The spectral energy distribution of the binary reveals infrared excess due to circumstellar material.
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