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大质量恒星的VLT-FLAMES巡天:作为大质量密近双星演化测试案例的NGC346-013

The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: NGC346-013 as a test case for massive close binary evolution

B. W. Ritchie, V. E. Stroud, C. J. Evans, J. S. Clark, I. Hunter, D. J. Lennon, N. Langer, S. J. Smartt

摘要:

NGC 346 -013是VLT-FLAMES大质量恒星巡天在小麦哲伦星云中发现的一颗特殊的双线食双星。使用VLT-FLAMES获得的光谱用于构建径向速度曲线,然后使用Faulkes望远镜South获得的测光来推导轨道参数,同时将次级光谱与TLUSTY模型大气的合成光谱进行比较。轨道周期为4.20381(12)天,质量为19.1+/-1.0和11.9+/-0.6 Msun。主星是一个快速旋转的晚O型矮星,而次级星是一个早B型巨星,显示出近同步旋转,并充满了它的洛希瓣,这意味着它最初是更大质量的组成部分,最近的质量转移使主星旋转到近临界旋转。与合成光谱的比较发现,温度为34.5kK和24.5kK的初级和次级分别,与SMC的基线值相比,次级的氮丰度增强,与相互作用的双星模型的预测一致。NGC 346 -013可能是通过初始质量约为22+ 15 Msun的系统中的非保守质量转移演化而来的,其良好的约束轨道解和大气参数使其成为使用二进制演化代码进行定制建模的绝佳候选者。该系统将成为限制大质量近双星系统中热时标质量传递物理学和相关质量传递效率的基石。

英文摘要:

NGC346-013 is a peculiar double-lined eclipsing binary in the Small Magellanic Cloud discovered by the VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars. Spectra obtained with VLT-FLAMES are used to construct a radial velocity curve and photometry obtained with the Faulkes Telescope South is then used to derive orbital parameters, while spectra of the secondary are compared with synthetic spectra from TLUSTY model atmospheres. The orbital period is found to be 4.20381(12) days, with masses of 19.1+/-1.0 and 11.9+/-0.6 Msun. The primary is a rapidly rotating late-O dwarf while the secondary, an early-B giant, displays near-synchronous rotation and has filled its Roche lobe, implying that it was originally the more massive component with recent mass transfer `spinning up' the primary to near-critical rotation. Comparison with synthetic spectra finds temperatures of 34.5kK and 24.5kK for the primary and secondary respectively, with the nitrogen abundance of the secondary enhanced compared to baseline values for the SMC, consistent with the predictions of models of interacting binaries. NGC346-013 likely evolved via non-conservative mass transfer in a system with initial masses ~22+15Msun, with the well-constrained orbital solution and atmospheric parameters making it an excellent candidate for tailored modelling with binary evolution codes. This system will form a cornerstone in constraining the physics of thermal timescale mass transfer, and the associated mass transfer efficiency, in massive close binary systems.

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