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The orbit and stellar masses of the archetype colliding-wind binary WR 140
- Source :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- We present updated orbital elements for the Wolf-Rayet (WR) binary WR\,140 (HD\,193793; WC7pd + O5.5fc). The new orbital elements were derived using previously published measurements along with {\color{black}160} new radial velocity measurements across the 2016 periastron passage of WR 140. Additionally, four new measurements of the orbital astrometry were collected with the CHARA Array. With these measurements, we derive stellar masses of $M_{\rm WR} = 10.31\pm0.45 M_\odot$ and $M_{\rm O} = 29.27\pm1.14 M_{\odot}$. We also include a discussion of the evolutionary history of this system from the Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis (BPASS) model grid to show that this WR star likely formed primarily through mass loss in the stellar winds, with only a moderate amount of mass lost or transferred through binary interactions.<br />10 pages, 5 figures
- Subjects :
- IMPACT
TIDES
fundamental parameters [stars]
Population
FOS: Physical sciences
Binary number
Astrophysics
Astronomy & Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
CHARA array
general [binaries]
0103 physical sciences
SPIN RATES
education
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
individual: WR 140 [stars]
Physics
Orbital elements
Colliding-wind binary
education.field_of_study
Science & Technology
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrometry
INTERACTING BINARIES
WOLF-RAYET STARS
EVOLUTION
Wolf-Rayet [stars]
Radial velocity
winds
outflows [stars]
Orbit
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science
Physical Sciences
DISTANCE
ROTATION
SYSTEM
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....052205a1bfa60da3dcb471196561e111