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年轻疏散星团中的大质量恒星双星分数I。NGC 6231重新访问

The massive star binary fraction in young open clusters I. NGC 6231 revisited

H. Sana, E. Gosset, Y. Naze, G. Rauw, N. Linder

摘要:

我们提出了一个长期的高分辨率光谱活动的结果,在NGC 6231的O型星。我们修改这些对象的光谱分类和多重性,我们约束的O-星人口的基本属性。星团中几乎四分之三的O型星是双星系统的成员。最小的双星分数是0.63,其中一半的O型双星的轨道周期为几天。所有短周期双星的偏心率都向下修正,并符合正常的周期偏心率分布。质量比的分布显示出O+OB双星的大偏好,排除了NGC 6231中O型星的伴星是从标准IMF随机抽取的可能性。从一个完整的和均匀的人口的O型星,我们的结论提供了有趣的观测约束,以面对O型星的形成和早期演化理论。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a long-term high-resolution spectroscopy campaign on the O-type stars in NGC 6231. We revise the spectral classification and multiplicity of these objects and we constrain the fundamental properties of the O-star population. Almost three quarters of the O-type stars in the cluster are members of a binary system. The minimum binary fraction is 0.63, with half the O-type binaries having an orbital period of the order of a few days. The eccentricities of all the short-period binaries are revised downward, and henceforth match a normal period-eccentricity distribution. The mass-ratio distribution shows a large preference for O+OB binaries, ruling out the possibility that, in NGC 6231, the companion of an O-type star is randomly drawn from a standard IMF. Obtained from a complete and homogeneous population of O-type stars, our conclusions provide interesting observational constraints to be confronted with the formation and early-evolution theories of O stars.

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