http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13924
We present measurements of H and He emission and absorption lines produced in RRab fundamental mode pulsators during primary light rise. The lines define universal progressions of rise and decay in metal-poor RRab stars. Such a progression cannot be constructed for He in metal-rich RRab (those with [Fe/H]> -0.8) because weak He I emission is detected in only two of the six metal-rich RRab in our survey. Great variety exists in the phase variations of the blue- and red-shifted absorption components of the 5876 A line during pre- and post-emission phases. Detection of measurable He II 4686 A emission in eight RRab, three of them Blazhko variables, provides an additional constraint on ionization of Helium.
G. Preston, C. Sneden and M. Chadid
Thu, 30 Dec 21
25/71
Comments: accepted for the Astronomical Journal
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