TY - JOUR
T1 - Simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of flares and rotational modulation on the RS CVn binary HR 1099 (V711 Tau) from the MUSICOS 1998 campaign
AU - Garcia-Alvarez, D.
AU - Foing, B.H.
AU - Montes, D.
AU - Oliveira, J.
AU - Doyle, J.G.
AU - Messina, S.
AU - Lanza, A.F.
AU - Rodono, M.
AU - Abbott, J.
AU - Ash, T.D.C.
AU - Baldry, I.K.
AU - Bedding, T.R.
AU - Buckley, D.A.H.
AU - Cami, J.
AU - Cao, H.
AU - Catala, C.
AU - Cheng, K.P.
AU - De Souza, A.D.
AU - Donati, J.F.
AU - Hubert, A.M.
AU - Janot-Pacheco, E.
AU - Hao, J.X.
AU - Kaper, L.
AU - Kaufer, A.
AU - Leister, N.V.
AU - Neff, J.E.
AU - Neiner, C.
AU - Orlando, S.
AU - O'Toole, S.J.
AU - Schafer, D.
AU - Smartt, Stephen
AU - Stahl, O.
AU - Telting, J.
AU - Tubbesing, S.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - We present simultaneous and continuous observations of the Halpha, Hbeta, He I D-3, Na I D-1,D-2 doublet and the Ca II H&K lines for the RS CVn system HR 1099. The spectroscopic observations were obtained during the MUSICOS 1998 campaign involving several observatories and instruments, both echelle and long-slit spectrographs. During this campaign, HR 1099 was observed almost continuously for more than 8 orbits of 2.(d)8. Two large optical flares were observed, both showing an increase in the emission of Halpha, Ca II H K, Hbeta and He I D-3 and a strong filling-in of the Na I D-1, D-2 doublet. Contemporary photometric observations were carried out with the robotic telescopes APT-80 of Catania and Phoenix-25 of Fairborn Observatories. Maps of the distribution of the spotted regions on the photosphere of the binary components were derived using the Maximum Entropy and Tikhonov photometric regularization criteria. Rotational modulation was observed in Halpha and He I D-3 in anti-correlation with the photometric light curves. Both flares occurred at the same binary phase (0.85), suggesting that these events took place in the same active region. Simultaneous X-ray observations, performed by ASM on board RXTE, show several flare-like events, some of which correlate well with the observed optical flares. Rotational modulation in the X-ray light curve has been detected with minimum flux when the less active G5 V star was in front. A possible periodicity in the X-ray flare-like events was also found.
AB - We present simultaneous and continuous observations of the Halpha, Hbeta, He I D-3, Na I D-1,D-2 doublet and the Ca II H&K lines for the RS CVn system HR 1099. The spectroscopic observations were obtained during the MUSICOS 1998 campaign involving several observatories and instruments, both echelle and long-slit spectrographs. During this campaign, HR 1099 was observed almost continuously for more than 8 orbits of 2.(d)8. Two large optical flares were observed, both showing an increase in the emission of Halpha, Ca II H K, Hbeta and He I D-3 and a strong filling-in of the Na I D-1, D-2 doublet. Contemporary photometric observations were carried out with the robotic telescopes APT-80 of Catania and Phoenix-25 of Fairborn Observatories. Maps of the distribution of the spotted regions on the photosphere of the binary components were derived using the Maximum Entropy and Tikhonov photometric regularization criteria. Rotational modulation was observed in Halpha and He I D-3 in anti-correlation with the photometric light curves. Both flares occurred at the same binary phase (0.85), suggesting that these events took place in the same active region. Simultaneous X-ray observations, performed by ASM on board RXTE, show several flare-like events, some of which correlate well with the observed optical flares. Rotational modulation in the X-ray light curve has been detected with minimum flux when the less active G5 V star was in front. A possible periodicity in the X-ray flare-like events was also found.
U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361:20021481
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361:20021481
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-6361
VL - 397
SP - 285
EP - 303
JO - Astronomy and Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy and Astrophysics
IS - 1
ER -