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NASA NTRS2021

Multiwavelength Observations of the RV Tauri Variable System U Monocerotis: Long-term Variability Phenomena That Can Be Explained by Binary Interactions with a Circumbinary Disk

We present an X-ray through submillimeter observations of the classical RV Tauri(RVb-type)variable U Mon, apost-asymptotic giant branch(AGB)binary with a circumbinary disk(CBD). Our SMA observations indicate aCBD diameter of550 au. Our XMM-Newton observations make U Mon thefirst RV Tauri variable detected inX-rays. The X-ray emission is characteristic of a hot plasma(∼10 MK), withLX=5×1030erg s−1, and weconsider its possible origin from U Mon, its companion, and/or binary system interactions. Combining DASCHand AAVSO data, we extend the time-series photometric baseline back to the late 1880s andfind evidence thatU Mon has secular changes that appear to recur on a timescale of∼60 yr, possibly caused by a feature in the CBD.From literature radial velocities wefind that the binary companion is a∼2MeA-type main-sequence star. Theorientation of the binary’s orbit lies along our line of sight(ω=95°), such that apastron corresponds to photometricRVb minima, consistent with the post-AGB star becoming obscured by the near side of the CBD. In addition, wefind the size of the inner-CBD hole(∼4.5–9au)to be comparable to the binary separation, implying that one orboth stars may interact with the CBD at apastron. The obscuration of the post-AGB star implicates the companionas the likely source of the enhanced Hαobserved at RVb minima and of the X-ray emission that may arise fromaccreted material.

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