Stellar Astrophysics with a Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrograph. II. Orbits of Double-lined Spectroscopic Binaries
Abstract
We present orbital parameters for six double-lined spectroscopic binaries (ι Pegasi, ω Draconis, 12 Boötis, V1143 Cygni, β Aurigae, and Mizar A) and two double-lined triple star systems (κ Pegasi and η Virginis). The orbital fits are based upon high-precision radial velocity (RV) observations made with a dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrograph, or dFTS, a new instrument that combines interferometric and dispersive elements. For some of the double-lined binaries with known inclination angles, the quality of our RV data permits us to determine the masses M 1 and M 2 of the stellar components with relative errors as small as 0.2%.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- July 2011
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1104.1447
- Bibcode:
- 2011AJ....142....6B
- Keywords:
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- binaries: spectroscopic;
- instrumentation: spectrographs;
- techniques: radial velocities;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 41 pages, 8 figures, accepted by AJ