On tke basis of light curves the RV Tauri stars are divided into the RVa group and the RVb group. On the basis of spectroscopic characteristics in an optical region the RV Tauri stars are divided into the oxygen-rich group, group A, and the carbon-rich group, group B or C. Furthermore, on the basis of the presence of TiO bands the group A are divided into the groups A1 and A2. On the other hand, on the basis of energy distributions of the infrared radiation, RV Tauri stars are divided into the oxygen-rich group and the carbon-rich group.
There is not a good correlation between the optical spectra and the infrared spectra for the RV Tauri stars. There are the stars which simultaneously show the carbon-rich optical spectra and the oxygen-rich infrared spectra.
The author has been making the multicolor polarimetric observations of the RV Tauri stars in order to clarify the relationship between the optical and the infrared spectra. The 91cm reflector at the Dodaira Station of the National Astronomical Observatory has been used with the multi-channel polarirneter. To date 17 stars have been observed, and the following results are obtained.
1) Many stars show the time variations of polarization, which indicates that many stars have intrinsic polarizations.
2) Compared with the stars of the RVa group, the stars of the RVb group have a large probability of detection of the time variation of polarization. Furthermore, compared with the stars of the group A2, the stars of the group A1 have a large probability of detection of the time variation of polarization.
3) The stars of the A group show a tendency for the p values to take a maximim at an intermediate wavelength, while the stars of the group B or C show a tendency to take a minimum at an intermediate wavelength.
4) U Mon and RV Tau show long term time variations of polarization. These variations seems to be periodic, whose periods are close to the periods of the long wave of amplitude of brightness variation.
The interpretations of the results also are given.
雑誌名
放送大学研究年報
巻
15
ページ
71 - 90
発行年
1998-03-31
ISSN
0911-4505
書誌レコードID
AN10019636
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