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Chemical evolution of high-mass stars in close binaries - I. The eclipsing binary V453 Cygni
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Pavlovski, K. and Southworth, J. (John) (2009) Chemical evolution of high-mass stars in close binaries - I. The eclipsing binary V453 Cygni. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.394 (No.3). pp. 1519-1528. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14418.x ISSN 0035-8711.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14418.x
Abstract
The eclipsing and double-lined spectroscopic binary system V453 Cygni consists of two early B-type stars, one of which is nearing the terminal age main sequence and one which is roughly halfway through its main-sequence lifetime. Accurate measurements of the masses and radii of the two stars are available, which makes a detailed abundance analysis both more interesting and more precise than for isolated stars. We have reconstructed the spectra of the individual components of V453 Cyg from the observed composite spectra using the technique of spectral disentangling. From these disentangled spectra, we have obtained improved effective temperature measurements of 27 900 +/- 400 and 26 200 +/- 500 K, for the primary and secondary stars, respectively, by fitting non local thermodynamic equilibrium theoretical line profiles to the hydrogen Balmer lines. Armed with these high-precision effective temperatures and the accurately known surface gravities of the stars we have obtained the abundances of helium and metallic elements. A detailed abundance analysis of the primary star shows a normal (solar) helium abundance if the microturbulence velocity derived from metallic lines is used. The elemental abundances show no indication that CNO-processed material is present in the photosphere of this high-mass terminal age main-sequence star. The elemental abundances of the secondary star were derived by a differential study against a template spectrum of a star with similar characteristics. Both the primary and secondary components display elemental abundances which are in the ranges observed in the Galactic OB stars.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||
Official Date: | 11 April 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.394 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1519-1528 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14418.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Croatian Ministry of Science Education, STFC |
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