Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Doppler Tomography of Eclipsing and Non-eclipsing Algols

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Astrotomography

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 573))

Abstract

Since the advent of Doppler tomography, Hα tomograms of eleven eclipsing Algol-type binaries and an ultraviolet tomogram of U Sge have been made from difference profiles. Tomograms of CX Dra, a non-eclipsing Algol, were made from the observed and difference Hα, Hβ, He I λ 6678, and Si II λ 6371 profiles. Tomograms produced at multiple epochs demonstrate stability in systems like β Per and TX UMa but variability in others like U Sge, U CrB, and CX Dra. These tomograms show that the Algols contain a diverse range of circumstellar structures that include a gas stream, accretion annulus, transient accretion disk, and/or chromospheric emission source in a short-period Algol, or a classical accretion disk in a long-period system. Some systems, like U CrB and U Sge, alternate between stream-like and disk-like states. These results were obtained by extracting information that was formerly irretrievable from the observed spectra of these systems.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Albright G.E., Richards M.T., 1993, ApJ, 414, 830

    Google Scholar 

  2. Albright G.E., Richards M.T., 1995, ApJ, 441, 806

    Google Scholar 

  3. Albright G.E., Richards M.T., 1996, ApJL, 459, L99

    Google Scholar 

  4. Blondin J.M., Richards M.T., Malinkowski M., 1995, ApJ, 445, 939

    Google Scholar 

  5. Colella P., Woodward P.R, 1984, J. Comp. Phys., 54, 174

    Google Scholar 

  6. Crawford J.A., 1955, ApJ, 121, 71

    Google Scholar 

  7. Cugier H., Molaro P., 1984, A&A, 140, 105

    Google Scholar 

  8. Guinan E.F., 1989, Sp. Sci. Rev., 50, 35

    Google Scholar 

  9. Guinan E.F., Giménez A., 1994, in The Realm of Interacting Binary Stars, ed. by J. Sahade, G.E. McCluskey, Jr., Y. Kondo, (Kluwer, Dordrecht), pp. 51–110

    Google Scholar 

  10. Hall D.S., 1987, Pub. Astron. Inst. Czech., 70, 77

    Google Scholar 

  11. Hall D.S., 1989, Sp. Sci. Rev., 50, 219

    Google Scholar 

  12. Herman G.T., 1980, Image Reconstruction From Projections, The Fundamentals of Computerized Tomography, (Academic Press, New York)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Horne K., 1992, in Fundamental Properties of Cataclysmic Variable Stars, Twelfth North American Workshop on Cataclysmic Variables and Low Mass X-Ray Binaries, San Diego, January 3–5, 1991, ed. by A.W. Shafter (SDSU, San Diego), p. 23

    Google Scholar 

  14. Jones R.D., Richards M.T., 1992, BAAS, 24, 768

    Google Scholar 

  15. Kaitchuck R.H., 1989, Sp. Sci. Rev., 50, 51

    Google Scholar 

  16. Kaitchuck R.H., R.K. Honeycutt, 1982, ApJ, 258, 224

    Google Scholar 

  17. Kaitchuck R.H., R.K. Honeycutt, E.M. Schlegel, 1985, PASP, 97, 1178

    Google Scholar 

  18. Kaitchuck R.H., Schlegel E.M., Honeycutt R.K., Horne K., Marsh T.R., White J.C., Mansperger C.S., 1994, ApJS, 93, 519

    Google Scholar 

  19. Kempner J.C., Richards M.T., 1999, ApJ, 512, 345

    Google Scholar 

  20. Kopal Z., 1995, Annales d’Astrophys., 18, 379

    Google Scholar 

  21. Kurucz R.L., 1990, in Stellar Atmospheres, Beyond Classical Models, Proceedings of the Advanced Research Workshop Trieste, Italy, ed. by L. Crivellari et al., NATO ASI Series (Kluwer, Dordrecht), p. 441

    Google Scholar 

  22. Lubow S.H., Shu F.H., 1975, ApJ, 198, 383

    Google Scholar 

  23. McCluskey G.E., McCluskey C.P.S., Kondo Y., 1991, ApJ, 378, 281

    Google Scholar 

  24. Marsh T.R., Horne K., 1988, MNRAS, 235, 269

    Google Scholar 

  25. Marsh T.R., Horne K., Schlegel E.M., Honeycutt R.K., Kaitchuck R.H., 1990, ApJ, 364, 637

    Google Scholar 

  26. Olson E.C., 1980, ApJ, 241, 257

    Google Scholar 

  27. Olson E.C., Etzel P.B., 1998, preprint

    Google Scholar 

  28. Peters G.J., Polidan R.S., 1984, ApJ, 283, 745

    Google Scholar 

  29. Peters G.J., 1989, Sp. Sci. Rev., 50, 9

    Google Scholar 

  30. Plavec M.J., 1983, ApJ, 275, 251

    Google Scholar 

  31. Radon J., 1917, reprinted in 1983, Proc. Symp. in Appl. Math. 27, 71

    Google Scholar 

  32. Richards M.T., 1990, ApJ, 350, 372

    Google Scholar 

  33. Richards M.T., 1992, ApJ, 387, 329

    Google Scholar 

  34. Richards M.T., 1993, ApJS, 86, 255

    Google Scholar 

  35. Richards M.T., Albright G.E., 1993, ApJS, 88, 199

    Google Scholar 

  36. Richards M.T., Albright G.E., 1996, in Stellar Surface Structure, IAU Symposium 176, Vienna, Austria, ed. by K. Strassmeier, J. Linsky (Kluwer, Dordrecht) pp. 493–500

    Google Scholar 

  37. Richards M.T., Albright G.E., 1999, ApJS, 123, 537

    Google Scholar 

  38. Richards M.T., Albright G.E., Bowles L.M., 1995, ApJL, 438, L103

    Google Scholar 

  39. Richards M.T., Jones R.D., Swain M.A., 1996, ApJ, 459, 249

    Google Scholar 

  40. Richards M.T., Koubský P., Šimon V., Peters G.J., Hirata R., Skoda P., Masuda S., 2000, ApJ, 531, 1003

    Google Scholar 

  41. Richards M.T., Ratli. M.A., 1998, ApJ, 493, 326

    Google Scholar 

  42. Richards M.T., Waltman E.B., Foster R.S., Ghigo F., 1998, in Tenth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, ed. by R.A. Donahue, J.A. Bookbinder, ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 154 (ASP, San Francisco), pp. 1546–1550

    Google Scholar 

  43. Robinson E.L., Marsh T.R., Smak J.I., 1993, in Accretion Disks in Compact Stellar Systems, ed. by J.C. Wheeler (World Scientific, Singapore), pp. 75–116

    Google Scholar 

  44. Smak J., 1989, Sp. Sci. Rev., 50, 107

    Google Scholar 

  45. Stern R.A., Uchida Y, Tsuneta S., Nagase F., 1992, ApJ, 400, 321

    Google Scholar 

  46. Stern R.A., Lemen J.R., Schmitt J.H.M.M., Pye J.P., 1995, ApJ, 444, L45

    Google Scholar 

  47. Tout C.A., Eggleton P.P., 1988, MNRAS, 231, 823

    Google Scholar 

  48. Trimble V., 1983, Nature 303, 137

    Google Scholar 

  49. Vesper D.N., Honeycutt R.K., 1993, PASP, 105, 731

    Google Scholar 

  50. Wade C.M., Hjellming R.M., 1972, Nature, 235, 270

    Google Scholar 

  51. White N.E., Culhane J.L., Parmer A.N., Kellet B.J., Kahn S., van den Oort G.H.J, Kuijpers J., 1986, ApJ, 301, 262

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 3818, 22903-0818, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    M.T. Richards

Authors
  1. M.T. Richards
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Royal Observatory of Belgium, Avenue Circulaire, 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium

    Henri M.J. Boffin  & Jan Cuypers  & 

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK

    Danny Steeghs

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2001 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Richards, M. (2001). Doppler Tomography of Eclipsing and Non-eclipsing Algols. In: Boffin, H.M., Cuypers, J., Steeghs, D. (eds) Astrotomography. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 573. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45339-3_21

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45339-3_21

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-42213-6

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-45339-0

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation