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Paper: |
Monitoring the Polarimetric Variability of
δ Scorpii |
Volume: |
464, Circumstellar Dynamics at High Resolution |
Page: |
239 |
Authors: |
Bednarski, D.; Carciofi, A. C. |
Abstract: |
The Be star δ Scorpii is an interesting binary system, whose primary companion started forming a circumstellar disk in 2000, being since then classified as Be. This work presents the results of a long-term monitoring of this star in broad-band imaging polarimetry.
The observational data collected since 2006 in the Pico dos Dias Observatory (Brazil) show a variable polarization that seems to correlate with the photometric light curve. From this data we see that the disk density varied since 2006; furthermore, the data suggests that there was some disturbance of the disk during the last periastron passage in July, 2011. |
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