The RV Tauri stars are semiregular variables whose light curves are characterized by alternate deep and shallow minima. On the basis of light curves the RV Tauri stars are divided into RVa and RVb groups. The RVa group is characterized by a relatively regular light curve, while the RVb group is characterized by a superimposition of a long-term variation. On the basis of spectroscopic characteristics in an optical region the RV Tauri stars are divided into the oxygen-rich group, the group A, and the carbon-rich group, the group B and the group C.
We raade the multicolor polarimetric observations of 17 RV Tauri stars, using the 91cm reflector at the Dodaira Station on the National Astronomical Observatory. Among the 17 stars we have already obtained the intrinsic polarizations of 4 stars by removing the interstellar polarizations.
In this paper we report the intrinsic polarizations of other two stars, RV Tau and AC Her. The interstellar polarizations are determined by the modified nearneighbor method. The values of interstellar polarization for RV Tau is not so reliable than those for AC Her.
The intestellar polarization for RV Tau is small, so that the results does not differ markedly from those for the observed polarization. RV Tau shows the time variation of intrinsic polarization not only with the formal period but also with the long-term brightness period. The intrinsic degree of linear polarization of RV Tau conform to the wavelength dependence to take a maximum at an intermediate wavelength, which is the tendency for the group A. AC Her shows the time variation of interstellar polrizazion not only with the formal period but also with the orbitai period. The intrinsic degree of linear polarizatin of AC Her has a tendency to decrease with wavelength for shorter wavelength region, which indicates that circumstellar dust has two different grain size distributions.
雑誌名
放送大学研究年報
巻
19
ページ
95 - 112
発行年
2002-03-31
ISSN
0911-4505
書誌レコードID
AN10019636
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