Modeling the Photometric Variability of Alpha$^2$ CVn with a Dynamical Magnetosphere

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العنوان: Modeling the Photometric Variability of Alpha$^2$ CVn with a Dynamical Magnetosphere
المؤلفون: Pfeffer, Cameron M., McSwain, M. Virginia
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
الوصف: Alpha$^2$ Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) is a strongly magnetic star with peculiar chemical signatures and periodic variability that have been long attributed to the diffusion of magnetic elements through the photosphere, leading to chemical spots across the stellar surface. However, recent studies of other magnetic hot stars are consistent with magnetospheric clouds above the surface. Here we take a renewed approach to modeling AM CVn with a simplified dynamical magnetosphere (DM) and a tilted, offset magnetic dipole to reproduce its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) variability. Our dipole model also reproduces well the magnetic surface map of AM CVn from Silvester, Kochukhov, & Wade (2014). Its ultraviolet variability, from IUE archival spectra, is also consistent with traditional reddening models. We further discuss the implications of a magnetosphere on other observable quantities from the system to conclude that it is unlikely to be present in AM CVn.
Comment: accepted to AAS Journals
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac82b9
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2207.11151
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2207.11151
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
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DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ac82b9