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低质量食双星CM Draconis的绝对性质

Absolute properties of the low-mass eclipsing binary CM Draconis

J. C. Morales, I. Ribas, C. Jordi, G. Torres, J. Gallardo, E. F. Guinan, D. Charbonneau, M. Wolf, D. W. Latham, G. Anglada-Escudé, D. H. Bradstreet, M. E. Evere… 展开作者

J. C. Morales, I. Ribas, C. Jordi, G. Torres, J. Gallardo, E. F. Guinan, D. Charbonneau, M. Wolf, D. W. Latham, G. Anglada-Escudé, D. H. Bradstreet, M. E. Everett, F. T. O'Donovan, G. Mandushev, R. D. Mathieu

摘要:

光谱双星和食双星系统提供了确定恒星精确物理性质的最佳手段,包括它们的质量和半径。低质量恒星的数据已经提供了有力的证据,表明恒星结构模型预测的半径比观测到的要小,有效温度比观测到的要高,但是进行详细分析的系统数量仍然很少。在本文中,我们提出了一个完整的再分析这样的食系统,CM Dra,由两个dM4.5星。新的和现有的光变曲线以及径向速度曲线进行建模,以测量这两个组件的物理特性。CM Dra各分量的质量和半径为M1=0.2310+/-0.0009 Msun、M2=0.2141+/-0.0010 Msun、R1=0.2534+/-0.0019 Rsun和R2=0.2396+/-0.0015 Rsun。由于相对不确定性远低于1%的水平,这些值构成了迄今为止完全对流恒星最准确的属性。这使得CM Dra成为测试理论模型的有价值的基准。在比较我们的测量与理论,我们证实了以前报道的其他低质量食双星的差异。这些差异似乎是由于磁活动的影响。我们发现,这个系统的轨道是轻微的偏心,我们已经利用日食的时间跨越三十年来推断拱点运动和其他相关的属性。

英文摘要:

Spectroscopic and eclipsing binary systems offer the best means for determining accurate physical properties of stars, including their masses and radii. The data available for low-mass stars have yielded firm evidence that stellar structure models predict smaller radii and higher effective temperatures than observed, but the number of systems with detailed analyses is still small. In this paper we present a complete reanalysis of one of such eclipsing systems, CM Dra, composed of two dM4.5 stars. New and existing light curves as well as a radial velocity curve are modeled to measure the physical properties of both components. The masses and radii determined for the components of CM Dra are M1=0.2310+/-0.0009 Msun, M2=0.2141+/-0.0010 Msun, R1=0.2534+/-0.0019 Rsun, and R2=0.2396+/-0.0015 Rsun. With relative uncertainties well below the 1% level, these values constitute the most accurate properties to date for fully convective stars. This makes CM Dra a valuable benchmark for testing theoretical models. In comparing our measurements with theory, we confirm the discrepancies reported previously for other low-mass eclipsing binaries. These discrepancies seem likely to be due to the effects of magnetic activity. We find that the orbit of this system is slightly eccentric, and we have made use of eclipse timings spanning three decades to infer the apsidal motion and other related properties.

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