Issue |
A&A
Volume 507, Number 1, November III 2009
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Page(s) | 397 - 404 | |
Section | Stellar atmospheres | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912554 | |
Published online | 08 September 2009 |
Notes on disentangling of spectra*,**
II. Intrinsic line-profile variability due to Cepheid pulsations
1
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Boční II 1401, 141 31 Praha 4, Czech Republic e-mail: had@sunstel.asu.cas.cz
2
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Fričova 298, 251 65 Ondřejov, Czech Republic e-mail: [slechta;skoda]@sunstel.asu.cas.cz
Received:
22
May
2009
Accepted:
2
August
2009
Context. The determination of pulsation velocities from observed spectra of Cepheids is needed for the Baade-Wesselink calibration of these primary distance markers.
Aims. The applicability of the Fourier-disentangling technique for the determination of pulsation velocities of Cepheids and other pulsating stars is studied.
Methods. The KOREL-code was modified to enable fitting of free parameters of a prescribed line-profile broadening function corresponding to the radial pulsations of the stellar atmosphere. It was applied to spectra of δ Cep in the H-alpha region observed with the Ondřejov 2-m telescope.
Results. The telluric lines were removed using template-constrained disentangling, phase-locked variations of line-strengths were measured and the curves of pulsational velocities obtained for several spectral lines. It is shown that the amplitude and phase of the velocities and line-strength variations depend on the depth of line formation and the excitation potential.
Conclusions. The disentangling of pulsations in the Cepheid spectra may be used for distance determination.
Key words: line: profiles / techniques: spectroscopic / stars: variables: Cepheids / stars: atmospheres
© ESO, 2009
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