Aug 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986stin...8718474l&link_type=abstract
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Physics
Eclipsing Binary Stars, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Spectra, Light Curve, Limb Darkening, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass
Scientific paper
New analysis tools and additional unanalyzed observations justify a reanalysis of MR Cygni. The reanalysis applied successively more restrictive physical models, each with an optimization program. The final model assigned separate first and second order limb darkening coefficients, from model atmospheres, to individual grid points. Proper operation of the optimization procedure was tested on simulated observational data, produced by light synthesis with assigned system parameters, and modulated by simulated observational error. The iterative solution converged to a weakly-determined mass ratio of 0.75. Assuming the B3 primary component is on the main sequence, the HR diagram location of the secondary from the light ratio (ordinate) and adjusted Teff (abscissa) was calculated. The derived mass ratio, together with a main-sequence mass for the B3 component, implies a main-sequence secondary spectral type of B4. The photometrically-determined secondary radii agree with this spectral type, in marginal disagreement with the B7 type from the HR diagram analysis. The individual masses, derived from the radial velocity curve of the primary component, the photometrically-determined i, and alternative values of derived mass ratio are seriously discrepant with main sequence objects. The imputed physical status of the system is in disagreement with representations that have appeared in the literature.
Kallrath Josef
Linnell Albert P.
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