Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-11-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, including 2 figures and 2 tables. Accepted for publication in AJ, to appear in February 2004
Scientific paper
10.1086/381066
We report high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the young star HD 34700, which confirm it to be a double-lined spectroscopic binary. We derive an accurate orbital solution with a period of 23.4877 +/- 0.0013 days and an eccentricity of e = 0.2501 +/- 0.0068. The stars are found to be of similar mass (M2/M1 = 0.987 +/- 0.014) and luminosity. We derive also the effective temperatures (5900 K and 5800 K) and projected rotational velocities (28 km/s and 22 km/s) of the components. These values of v sin i are much higher than expected for main-sequence stars of similar spectral type (G0), and are not due to tidal synchronization. We discuss also the indicators of youth available for the object. Although there is considerable evidence that the system is young --strong infrared excess, X-ray emission, Li I 6708 absorption (0.17 Angstroms equivalent width), H alpha emission (0.6 Angstroms), rapid rotation-- the precise age cannot yet be established because the distance is unknown.
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