Existence of a short period (3.5-4 hours) in the photometric variability of WR 66.

[en] We report here on an independent detection of a short period (~4hours) in the photometric variations of WR66, thus confirming in broad terms the discovery by Antokhin et al.. In addition, we present the first spectroscopic variability analysis for this star. A few peculiarities of the spectrum of WR66 are also discussed. Finally, we perform a brief examination of different possible origins of the phenomenon.

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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

Author, co-author :

Rauw, Grégor ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE) - Sciences spatiales

Gosset, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE)

Manfroid, Jean ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)

Vreux, Jean-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)

Claeskens, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)

Language :

English

Title :

Existence of a short period (3.5-4 hours) in the photometric variability of WR 66.

Publication date :

01 February 1996

Journal title :

Astronomy and Astrophysics

ISSN :

0004-6361

eISSN :

1432-0746

Publisher :

EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France

Volume :

306

Pages :

783

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http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996A%26A...306..783R

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