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Article Dans Une Revue Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Année : 2015

Rotation, spectral variability, magnetic geometry and magnetosphere of the Of?p star CPD −28° 2561★

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We report magnetic and spectroscopic observations and modelling of the Of?p star CPD −28 • 2561. Using more than 75 new spectra, we have measured the equivalent width variations and examined the dynamic spectra of photospheric and wind-sensitive spectral lines. A period search results in an unambiguous 73.41 d variability period. High-resolution spectropolari-metric data analysed using least-squares deconvolution yield a Zeeman signature detected in the mean Stokes V profile corresponding to phase 0.5 of the spectral ephemeris. Interpreting the 73.41 d period as the stellar rotational period, we have phased the equivalent widths and inferred longitudinal field measurements. The phased magnetic data exhibit a weak sinusoidal variation, with maximum of about 565 G at phase 0.5, and a minimum of about −335 G at phase 0.0, with extrema approximately in phase with the (double-wave) Hα equivalent width variation. Modelling of the Hα equivalent width variation assuming a quasi-3D mag-netospheric model produces a unique solution for the ambiguous couplet of inclination and magnetic obliquity angles: (i, β) or (β, i) = (35 • , 90 •). Adopting either geometry, the longitudinal field variation yields a dipole polar intensity B d = 2.6 ± 0.9 kG, consistent with that obtained from direct modelling of the Stokes V profiles. We derive a wind magnetic confinement parameter η * 100, leading to an Alfvén radius R A 3-5R * , and a Kepler radius R K 20R *. This supports a physical scenario in which the Hα emission and other line variability have their origin in an oblique, corotating 'dynamical magnetosphere' structure resulting from a magnetically channelled wind. Nevertheless, the details of the formation of spectral lines and their variability within this framework remain generally poorly understood.
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hal-01992956 , version 1 (24-01-2019)

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G. A Wade, R. H Barbá, J. Grunhut, F. Martins, V. Petit, et al.. Rotation, spectral variability, magnetic geometry and magnetosphere of the Of?p star CPD −28° 2561★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015, 447 (3), pp.2551-2567. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stu2548⟩. ⟨hal-01992956⟩
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