O VI Raman spectroscopy of the S-type symbiotic star V455 Sco

  • Heo, Jeong-Eun (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Won (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Ho-Gyu (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • Published : 2015.04.10

Abstract

We present the high-resolution spectrum of the S-type symbiotic star V455 Sco obtained with the Dupont telescope in 2014 June. We note that the Raman-scattered O VI ${\lambda}1032$ at $6825{\AA}$ exhibits a triple-peak profile. Adopting an accretion disk model with an additional contribution from a collimated bipolar outflow, we attempt to fit the profile. We propose that the blue and central peaks are formed via Raman-scattering of O VI line photons from the accretion flow and that the bipolar flow is responsible for the remaining red peak. It is also noted that V455 Sco exhibits the Raman-scattered He II features blueward of $H{\alpha}$ and $H{\beta}$.

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