Fundamental Properties and Distances of LMC Eclipsing Binaries: IV. HV 5936

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2003-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301296v1

Astrophys.J. 587 (2003) 685-700

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

44 pages, including 8 pages of tables and 11 pages of figures. Accepted for publication in the April 20, 2003 issue of the Ast

Scientific paper

10.1086/368309

We have determined the fundamental properties and distance of a fourth eclipsing binary system (EB) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, HV5936 (B0.5 V + B2 III). As in our previous studies, we combine "classical" EB light curve and radial velocity curve analyses with modeling of the UV-through-optical spectral energy distribution of HV5936 to produce a detailed characterization of the system. In this paper, we also include an analysis of the high-resolution optical absorption line spectra of the binary components. We find HV5936 to be an Algol-class system, in which the masses of the primary and secondary stars have evolved via mass transfer to their current values of 11.6 Mo and 4.7 Mo, respectively. The properties of the primary star are indistinguishable from those of a "normal" star of the same current mass. The secondary is found to be overluminous for its current mass and exhibits a factor-of-2 enhancement in its surface He abundance. These results are compatible with "Case A" mass exchange occurring during the core hydrogen burning phase of the current secondary. The distance derived to the system, 43.2 +/- 1.8 kpc, implies a distance of ~44.3 kpc to the optical center of the LMC. This is several kpc closer than found in our analyses of other systems and we suggest that HV5936 lies "above" the LMC disk. This is supported by the very low interstellar H I column density and low E(B-V) found for the system - both of which are consistent with expected Milky Way foreground material - and may be associated with HV5936's location near the LMC supergiant shell LMC4.

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