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Radial Velocity Confirmation of a Binary Detected from Pulse Timings
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- A periodic variation in the pulse timings of the pulsating hot subdwarf B star CS 1246 was recently discovered via the O-C diagram and suggests the presence of a binary companion with an orbital period of two weeks. Fits to this phase variation, when interpreted as orbital reflex motion, imply CS 1246 orbits a barycenter 11 light-seconds away with a velocity of 16.6 km/s. Using the Goodman spectrograph on the SOAR telescope, we decided to confirm this hypothesis by obtaining radial velocity measurements of the system over several months. Our spectra reveal a velocity variation with amplitude, period, and phase in accordance with the O-C diagram predictions. This corroboration demonstrates that the rapid pulsations of hot subdwarf B stars can be adequate clocks for the discovery of binary companions via the pulse timing method.<br />Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters; 5 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables; uses emulateapj
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1106.5492
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/737/1/L2