The first orbital solution for the massive colliding-wind binary HD93162 (=WR25)

Details The first orbital solution for the massive colliding-wind binary HD93162 (=WR25) The first orbital solution for the massive colliding-wind binary HD93162 (=WR25)

2006-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609454v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 4 figures, accepted by A+A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20065618

Since the discovery, with the EINSTEIN satellite, of strong X-ray emission associated with HD93162 (=WR25), this object has been predicted to be a colliding-wind binary system. However, radial-velocity variations that would prove the suspected binary nature have yet to be found. We spectroscopically monitored this object to investigate its possible variability to address this discordance. We compiled the largest available radial-velocity data set for this star to look for variations that might be due to binary motion. We derived radial velocities from spectroscopic data acquired mainly between 1994 and 2006, and searched these radial velocities for periodicities using different numerical methods. For the first time, periodic radial-velocity variations are detected. Our analysis definitively shows that the Wolf-Rayet star WR25 is an eccentric binary system with a probable period of about 208 days.

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