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1999MNRAS.309..195K - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 309, 195-198 (1999/October-2)

[AI II] in the ultraviolet spectrum of the symbiotic star RR Telescopii.

KEENAN F.P., ESPEY B.R., MATHIOUDAKIS M., AGGARWAL K.M., CRAWFORD F.L., FEIBELMAN W.A. and McKENNA F.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

An inspection of a GHRS/HST spectrum of the symbiotic star RR Telescopii reveals the presence of the [Alii] 3s2 1S - 3s3p 3P2 line at a vacuum wavelength of 2661.06±0.08Å, 8.89±0.08Å away from the Alii] 3s2 1S - 3s3p 3P1 intercombination transition at 2669.95Å, in good agreement with the theoretical prediction of Δλ=8.80Å. We also find that the Alii] line profile is asymmetric, showing a strong low-density component with a weak high-density wing, redshifted by 30km.s–1, in agreement with the findings of Schild & Schmid, which were based on optical observations. Our measurement of the emission-line ratio RI(2661.06Å)/I(2669.95Å)=0.027±0.003 implies logNe=5.8±0.2, in good agreement with the densities found from other ions, such as Siiii. These results provide strong evidence that we have detected the [Alii] line, the first time (to our knowledge) that this feature has been reliably identified in an astrophysical or laboratory spectrum.

Abstract Copyright: 1999, Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): atomic data - binaries: symbiotic - stars: individual: RR Tel - ultraviolet: stars

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