R Coronae Borealis dust ejections - A preferred plane?

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Abstract

Spectropolarimetric observations of R Coronae Borealis obtained during the brightness minimum of 1986 are presented. When combined with previous polarization observations of brightness minima, the distribution of observations in the Q-U plane suggests that ejections of dust clouds occur in a preferred plane about the star, in contrast to the standard model for the R CrB-type stars, which holds that clouds are ejected from all parts of the stellar surface. The possibility of an ejection mechanism connected with nonradial pulsations is discussed as the most likely explanation of the preferred plane.

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