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Westerlund 1:I中大质量双星的VLT/FLAMES巡天对发光演化恒星的首次观测

A VLT/FLAMES survey for massive binaries in Westerlund 1: I. first observations of luminous evolved stars

B. W. Ritchie, J. S. Clark, I. Negueruela, P. A. Crowther

摘要:

对年轻的大质量星团Westerlund 1的多波长观测揭示了大量OB超巨星和沃尔夫-拉叶双星的证据。然而,在大多数情况下,这些发现都是基于二次双星的特征,如硬X射线发射和/或非热射电光谱,因此提供很少的信息,如质量比和轨道周期的二进制属性。为了克服这一缺点,我们已经启动了一个长期的时间基线,VLT/FLAMES+GIRAFFE多历元径向速度调查,将提供这些参数的第一个直接约束。这项研究提出了Wd 1中20颗最明亮的超巨星的第一个结果。在~60%的目标中检测到统计上显著的径向速度变化。W 43 a被识别为短周期双星,而W234和新识别的星团成员W3003是可能的双星,W2 a是强双星候选者。冷超巨星W243和W265显示出光球脉动,而一些早中期的B超巨星显示出径向速度变化,我们在最初的短基线调查中无法区分轨道或光球运动。当与现有的观测结果相结合时,我们发现30%的样本是双星(6/20),而其他候选双星支持Wd 1超巨星中的双星比例超过40%。

英文摘要:

Multiwavelength observations of the young massive cluster Westerlund 1 have revealed evidence for a large number of OB supergiant and Wolf-Rayet binaries. However, in most cases these findings are based on secondary binary characteristics such as hard X-ray emission and/or non-thermal radio spectra and hence provide little information on binary properties such as mass ratio and orbital period. To overcome this shortcoming we have initiated a long temporal baseline, VLT/FLAMES+GIRAFFE multi-epoch radial velocity survey that will provide the first direct constraints on these parameters. This study presents first results from twenty of the most luminous supergiant stars in Wd1. Statistically significant radial velocity changes are detected in ~60% of targets. W43a is identified as a short-period binary, while W234 and the newly-identified cluster member W3003 are probable binaries and W2a is a strong binary candidate. The cool hypergiants W243 and W265 display photospheric pulsations, while a number of early-mid B supergiants display radial velocity changes that we cannot distinguish between orbital or photospheric motion in our initial short-baseline survey. When combined with existing observations, we find 30% of our sample to be binary (6/20) while additional candidate binaries support a binary fraction amongst Wd1 supergiants in excess of ~40% [ABRIDGED]

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