<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcq="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><records count="1" morepages="false" start="1" end="1"><record rownumber="1"><dc:product_type>Conference Paper</dc:product_type><dc:title>Multiwavelength Observations of the RV Tau Variable U Monocerotis</dc:title><dc:creator>Vega, L. D.; Montez, R.; Stassun, K. G.; Kaminski, T.; Sabin, L.; Principe, D.; Boyd, P. T.; Schlegel, E. M.</dc:creator><dc:corporate_author/><dc:editor/><dc:description>RV Tau variables are a subclass of post-Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in binary systems surrounded by a circumbinary disk. Their signature light curves display alternating deep and shallow minima due to pulsations. The RVb-type subset exhibits an additional longer brightness modulation due to disk occultation. It has been established that binarity plays a key role in the dynamics and evolution of this short-lived post-AGB phase however the interconnection of the different physical components in these systems is still not well understood. We present multiwavelength observations of the prototypical RVb variable U Mon (mean Vmag ~6.4; D ~1 kpc)from XMM-Newton, SMA, DASCH, and AAVSO. U Mon has a pulsation period of 91.48 days and a longer brightness modulation period of 2451 days, consistent with the radial-velocity binary orbital period. We estimated the mass of the binary and the orbital semi-major axis which is consistent with the interaction of the binary with the inner edge of the circumbinary disk. U Mon hosts a 10 G magnetic field at its stellar surface which may be linked to X-rays detected by XMM-Newton. The X-ray emission is characteristic of a hot plasma (10 MK) with L/L~10. Based on our SMA observations, U Mon has a highly-inclined extended disk. From U Mon's combined DASCH and AAVSO data, there is evidence that U Mon has an even longer trend possibly due to inner-disk precession. We predict that the next deepest long-term minimum will be within the next decade.</dc:description><dc:publisher/><dc:date>2020-01-01</dc:date><dc:nsf_par_id>10447778</dc:nsf_par_id><dc:journal_name>American Astronomical Society meeting #235</dc:journal_name><dc:journal_volume>Vol. 52</dc:journal_volume><dc:journal_issue>1</dc:journal_issue><dc:page_range_or_elocation/><dc:issn/><dc:isbn/><dc:doi>https://doi.org/</dc:doi><dcq:identifierAwardId>1910561</dcq:identifierAwardId><dc:subject/><dc:version_number/><dc:location/><dc:rights/><dc:institution/><dc:sponsoring_org>National Science Foundation</dc:sponsoring_org></record></records></rdf:RDF>