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Esa Sere Aeronautics and Européen Space Agency Space ^•Pr Européen Space Administration O M?2-~ Esa SP-281 June 1988 (Volume 1) e , fâ&oÀ ï}^f*Wo'à>r<r' SP-281 Volume 1 91},M7<L Proceedings of a Celebratory Symposium held at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA 12-15 April 1988 NASA National tf|esa sere Aeronautics and européen space agency Space ^•pr européen space Administration o M?2-~ esa SP-281 June 1988 (Volume 1) ftoUé C7> \J\j UU/<$<*<: A DECADE OF UV ASTRONOMY WITH THE IUE SATELLITE. v jaov,! Proceedings of a Celebratory Symposium > hold at Goddard Space night Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, 12-15 April 1988 . <\ Sponsored by: -National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -European Space Agency (ESA) -UK Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) Co-sponsored by: - American Astronomical Society (AAS) european space agency / agence spatiale européenne 8-10, rue Mario-Nikis, 75738 PARIS CEDEX 15, France Scientific Organising Committee Y. Kondo, Chairman W. Wamsteker, Co-Chairman R. Wilson, Co-Chairman M. A'Hearn M. Maraschi A. Dupree F. Praderie R. Green B. Savage M. Grewing M.-H. Ulrich E. Jenkins A. Willis C. Jordan L. Willson J. Linsky Local Organising Commmittee J. Mead, Co-chairman A. Michalitsianos, Co-chairman P. Boyce D. West D. DeVorkin N. Longdon, Editor S. Maran E.J. Rolfe, Editor J. Nichols-Bohlin Session Chairmen R. Green, M. Grewing, E.B. Jenkins, Y Kondo, J.L. Linsky, J. Mead, A. Michalitsianos, D. Stickland and W. Wamsteker Scientific Coordinators Y Kondo, W. Wamsteker & R. Wilson Proceedings published and ESA Publications Division distributed by ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Edited by E.J. Rolfe Price code 140 Dutch Guilders ISSN 0379 6566 Copyright © 1988 European Space Agency "/v Editorial Note These Proceedings are published in two volumes, containing invited and poster papers on the topics indicated below. Some poster papers were selected for oral presentation and these are indicated as 'Contributed Papers'. For convenient reference each volume contains the full list of participants. Volume 1 Solar System Science Supernovae and their Remnants X-ray and Cataclysmic Binary Systems Binary Stars, Circumstellar Matter and Mass Transfer White Dwarf Stars Stellar Activity Stellar Atmospheres and Variable Stars Volume 2 Star Formation, Pre-Main Sequence Stars and Stellar Winds Planetary Nebulae and their Nuclei and Nebulous Stars Star Clusters The Interstellar Medium Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei Missions, Techniques and Databases Panel Discussion - How to Use IUE Creatively Contents Foreword y. Kondo Welcoming Address J. Sahade Invited Papers Observing SN 1987A with lUE R.P. Kirshner Cataclysmic variables A. Cassatella & P.L Selvelli White dwarfs V. Weidemann 17 lUE observations of pulsating stars: atmospheric structure, shock waves and stellar winds LA Willson 29 lUE observations of planetary atmospheres T. Encrenaz 41 Comets M.F. A'Heam 47 Some recent results from the study of cool stars A.K. Dupree 59 lUE observations and physical processes of interacting binary stars S.N. Shore 67 Solar System Science lo: lUE observations of its atmosphere and the plasma torus (Contributed paper) G.E. Ballester et al. 79 On the abundance of micron-sized particles in Saturn's A and B rings ft Wagener & J. Caldwell 85 Jovian equatorial H2 emission from 1978-1987 M.A. McGrath et al. 89 Large-time-scale variation in hydrogen emission from Jupiter and Saturn D.E. Shemansky, D.T. Hall & J.B. Holberg 93 Phenomenological analysis of Jovian north auroral H2 Lyman band emissions T.A. Livengood, H.W. Moos & G.E Ballester 97 Supernovae and their Remnants Observations of SN 1987a: the narrow emission lines (Contributed paper) N. Panagia 103 The progenitor of SN 1987A (Contributed paper) G. Sonneborn 107 The complete visual light curve of SN 1987A: Thirteen months of FES observations G. Sonneborn 111 Spectral evolution of SN 1987A in the IUE long wavelength range L. Sanz Fernandez de Cordoba et al. 115 IUE observations of oxygen-rich supernova remnants W.P. Blair et al. 117 Ejecta in SN 1006: the knotty issue R.A. Fesen & A.J.S. Hamilton 121 X-ray and Cataclysmic Binary Systems Far UV observations of black hole candidates: The case of LMC X-3 (Contributed paper) A. Treves et al. 127 IUE spectrophotometry of the accretion disk of HZ Her/Her X-1 S.J. Boyle & I.D. Howarth 133 Simultaneous IUE, Exosat and optical observations of the unusual AM Her type variable H0538+608 C.R. Schrader et al. 137 A 0535+26/HDE 245770 - a typical Be/X-ray transient system: 12 years of coordinated multiwavelength monitoring F Giovannelli et al. 141 IUE and optical observations of X-ray sources in the LMC L Bianchi & M. Pakull 145 The analysis of spectra of novae taken near maximum L.L. Stryker et al. 149 CONTENTS Physical parameters of Nova Muscae 1983 during its nebular stage J. Krautter, R.E. Williams & H. Ogelman The 1981 outburst of the old nova GK Persei C.-C. Wu et al. Observations of classical novae in outburst S Starrfield et al. Observations and simulations of Nova Vul 1984 #2: a nova with éjecta rich in oxygen neon and magnesium S. Starrfield et al. Observations and simulations of recurrent novae: U Sco and V394 CrA S Starrfield et al. Optical and UV observations of Nova Vul 1987 S. Starrfield et al. UV observations of the LMC nova 1988 S. Starrfield et al. SS Cygni in quiescence A.V. Holm & R.S. Polidan UV and optical line emission from the shell of the old nova GK Persei M.F. Bode et al. IUE observations of the 1987 superoutburst of the dwarf nova Z Cha E. Harlaftis et al. Binary Stars, Circumstellar Matter and Mass Transfer Observations of galactic WC + 0 binary systems: HD 97152 and HD 152270 L.H. Auer, C. Colomé & G. Koenigsberger Atmospheric eclipse effects in Wolf-Rayet binaries in the small Magellanic cloud G. Koenigsberger, A.F.J. Moffat & L.H. Auer Mass flow in the interacting binary TX Ursae Majoris G.E. McCluskey Jr., C.RS. McCluskey & Y. Kondo A new study of the interacting binary star V356 Sgr R.S. Polidan Matter streams in semi-detached binary systems D. Wonnacott The November 1987 eclipse of the Zeta Aurigae system HR 2554 T.B. Ake III & SB. Parsons Asymmetry in Zeta Aurigae chromospheres I.A. Ahmad VUl CONTENTS Super-ionized plasmas in Algol binaries M.J. Plavec 221 HD 207739 and other F + Be variables S.8. Parsons, R.C. Dempsey & B.W. Bopp 225 Searching for the white dwarf in WZ Sagittae A.V. Holm 229 Model chromosphere and transition region for 56 Peg (KOIIp + wd): a preliminary study M.G. Munday 233 Cepheid binaries with large mass ratios (M,/M2) N.R. Evans 237 The orbit of the cepheid AW Per N.R. Evans & D.L. Welch 241 Companions to peculiar red giants: HR 363 and HR 1105 IB. Ake, H.R. Johnson & B.F. Peery 245 Direct UV observations of the circumstellar envelope of a Orionis R.E. Stencel et al. 249 Multi-wavelength observations of the peculiar red giant HR 3126 J.E. Pesce era/. 253 Recurrent shell infall events in a B0.5e star: HD 58978 1979-1988 C.A. Grady et al. 257 White Dwarf Stars IUE observations of a hot DAO white dwarf: Implications for diffusion theory and photospheric stratification IB. Holberg et al. 263 Temperature determinations of hot DA white dwarfs using IUE continuum flares D. Finley, G. Basri & S. Bowyer 267 The UV emission of accreting magnetic white dwarfs J-M. Bonnet-Bidaud & M. Mouchet 271 Stellar Activity IUE observations of rapidly rotating K dwarfs in the Pleiades T. Simon 279 On the flux-period anc1 flux-flux correlations in late-type stars B. Montesinos & C. Jordan 283 UV emission from the Sun and stars: a comparison of IUE and Skylab data A. Cappelli et al. 287 Spectral images of HD 199178 J.E. Neff, 0. Vilhu & FM. Walter 291 Doppler imaging of AR Lacertae at three epochs FM. Walter et al. 295 Rotational modulation study of hydrogen Lyman-alpha flux from 44i Bootis 0. Vilhu, J.E. Neff & T. Rahunen 299 Mapping of surface activity on the W UMa-type system VW Cephei D.H. Bradstreet & E.F. Guinan 303 UV flares on II Peg JIG. Doyle & P.B. Byrne 307 Chromospheric mass motions during a flare on UV Ceti K.J.H. Phillips et al. 311 The energy input mechanism into the lower transition regions between stellar chromospheres and coronae E. Bohm-Vitense 315 Transition regions of dM stars P.B. Byrne & J.G. Doyle 319 Transition region fluxes in A-F dwarfs: basal fluxes and dynamo activity FM. Walter, C.J. Schrijver & W. Boyd 323 Line formation in cool carbon star chromospheres D.G. Luttermoser, H.B. Johnson & E.H. Avrett 327 Lithium and chromospherically active single giants F.C. Fekel 331 Mg II flux and profile variability of hybrid-chromosphere stars A. Veale & A. Brown 335 The discovery of a co-rotating magnetosphere in a helium weak star: HD 5737 = a Scl S.N. Shore, D.N. Brown & G. Sonneborn 339 Observations of UV variability in RV Tauri stars E.W. Brugel & J.A. Cardelli 343 Stellar Atmospheres and Variable Stars Fluorescence processec and line identifications in the UV spectra of cool stars (Contributed paper) K.G. Carpenter & S. Johansson 349 Fell level population in luminous variable stars R. Viottietal. 357 Identification of new fluorescence processes in the UV spectra of cool stars from new energy levels of Fell and Crll S Johansson & K.G. Carpenter 361 Periodic modulation of the atmosphere of Alpha Orionis A.K. Dupree et al. 365 Mgll line profiles of the Mira S Carinae E.W.
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