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Orbital parameters, masses and distance to Beta Centauri determined with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer and high resolution spectroscopy | J. Davis
; A. Mendez
; E. B. Seneta
; W. J. Tango
; A. J. Booth
; J. W. O’Byrne
; E. D. Thorvaldson
; M. Ausseloos
; C. Aerts
; K. Uytterhoeven
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2 Nov 2004 | Journal: | Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 356 (2005) 1362-1370 | Subject: | astro-ph | Affiliation: | 1 and 2), W. J. Tango , A. J. Booth (1 and 3), J. W. O’Byrne , E. D. Thorvaldson (1 and 4), M. Ausseloos , C. Aerts (5 and 6), K. Uytterhoeven ( University of Sydney, Australia, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK, JPL, Caltech, USA, CSIRO Di | Abstract: | The bright southern binary star beta Centauri (HR 5267) has been observed with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI) and spectroscopically with the ESO CAT and Swiss Euler telescopes at La Silla. The interferometric observations have confirmed the binary nature of the primary component and have enabled the determination of the orbital parameters of the system. At the observing wavelength of 442 nm the two components of the binary system have a magnitude difference of 0.15. The combination of interferometric and spectroscopic data gives the following results: orbital period 357 days, semi-major axis 25.30 mas, inclination 67.4 degrees, eccentricity 0.821, distance 102.3 pc, primary and secondary masses M1 = M2 = 9.1 solar masses and absolute visual magnitudes of the primary and secondary M1V = -3.85 and M2V = -3.70. The high accuracy of the results offers a fruitful starting point for future asteroseismic modelling of the pulsating binary components. | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0411054 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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