A first orbital solution for the non-thermal radio emitter Cyg OB2 #9
Abstract
We reported in 2008 the first detection of the binary nature of Cyg OB2 #9. Since then, we have continued our spectroscopic monitoring of this object, doubling the number of available spectra of the star while covering a second periastron passage. Using a variety of techniques, the radial velocities were estimated and a first, preliminary orbital solution was derived (P=2.4 yrs). The mass ratio appears close to unity and the eccentricity is large, 0.7-0.75.
- Publication:
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Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege
- Pub Date:
- January 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011BSRSL..80..709N