Circumbinary disc interactions and stochastic dust obscuration in the post-asymptotic-giant-branch binary HD 213985

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Main Authors: Ilkiewicz, Krystian, Planquart, Lea, Kaminski, Tomek, Van Winckel, Hans
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Published: 2025
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author Ilkiewicz, Krystian
Planquart, Lea
Kaminski, Tomek
Van Winckel, Hans
author_facet Ilkiewicz, Krystian
Planquart, Lea
Kaminski, Tomek
Van Winckel, Hans
contents HD 213985 is an eccentric binary system with a post-AGB primary and a jet-launching secondary star. We confirm that the system photometric variability is likely due to obscuration by the inner edge of a circumbinary disc, similar to RVb-type RV Tau stars. The system has shown an increase in the orbital variability amplitude in optical photometric bands, along with irregular changes in its shape that often started to appear skewed. Variability in the Na D lines suggests that this behaviour may be driven by interactions between the circumbinary disc and outflows through the L2 Lagrange point. Moreover, HD 213985 has exhibited episodes of short-term fluctuations whose appearance is not strictly related to the orbital phase. This variability is consistent with obscuration by transient dust structure leading to weather-like variability patterns.
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spellingShingle Circumbinary disc interactions and stochastic dust obscuration in the post-asymptotic-giant-branch binary HD 213985
Ilkiewicz, Krystian
Planquart, Lea
Kaminski, Tomek
Van Winckel, Hans
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
HD 213985 is an eccentric binary system with a post-AGB primary and a jet-launching secondary star. We confirm that the system photometric variability is likely due to obscuration by the inner edge of a circumbinary disc, similar to RVb-type RV Tau stars. The system has shown an increase in the orbital variability amplitude in optical photometric bands, along with irregular changes in its shape that often started to appear skewed. Variability in the Na D lines suggests that this behaviour may be driven by interactions between the circumbinary disc and outflows through the L2 Lagrange point. Moreover, HD 213985 has exhibited episodes of short-term fluctuations whose appearance is not strictly related to the orbital phase. This variability is consistent with obscuration by transient dust structure leading to weather-like variability patterns.
title Circumbinary disc interactions and stochastic dust obscuration in the post-asymptotic-giant-branch binary HD 213985
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07260