Magnetodynamical Processes in Interacting Magnetospheres of RS CVn Binaries

VLA multifrequency observations of RS CVn binaries

We present multiepoch Very Large Array (VLA) observations at 1.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz, 8.5 GHz and 14.9 GHz for a sample of eight RS CVn binary systems. Circular polarization measurements of these systems are also reported. Most of the fluxes observed are consistent with incoherent emission from mildly relativistic electrons. Several systems show an increase of the degree of circular polarization with ...

A NON-EMPIRICAL ROTATION-ACTIVITY RELATION FOR RS CVn BINARIES USING RADIO LUMINOSITIES

An analysis of a comprehensive survey of radio luminosities for RS CVn binary systems is given. A comparison is made between the rotation-activity correlations found using the usual semi-empirical Rossby number and a Rossby number deduced from detailed convection zone models. The use of a non-empirically derived Rossby number does not signiicantly improve the rotation-activity correlation. Alth...

Quiescent and Flaring Structure in Rs Cvn

A probable RS CVn star which sometimes stops its eclipses ⋆

We report the discovery of a new variable star, called S 10947 Aql, as the likely optical counterpart of RX J2009.8+1557. The optical variability pattern as well as the detected X-ray emission suggest that it is a chromospherically active binary of the RS Canum Venaticorum (≡ RS CVn) type. We discovered an occasional disappearance of the eclipsing minima as well as large variations in the eclip...

Interacting Winds in Massive Binaries

Massive stars feature highly energetic stellar winds that interact whenever two such stars are bound in a binary system. The signatures of these interactions are nowadays found over a wide range of wavelengths, including the radio domain, the optical band, as well as X-rays and even γ-rays. A proper understanding of these effects is thus important to derive the fundamental parameters of the com...