Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-02-21
Astron.Astrophys.386:280,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 2 figures. To appear in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20020287
New radial velocities of alpha Cen A & B obtained in the framework the Anglo-Australian Planet Search programme as well as in the CORALIE programme are added to those by Endl et al. (2001) to improve the precision of the orbital parameters. The resulting masses are 1.105+/-0.0070 MSun and 0.934+/-0.0061 MSun for A and B respectively. The factors limiting how accurately these masses can be derived from a combined visual-spectroscopic solution are investigated. The total effect of the convective blueshift and the gravitational redshift is also investigated and estimated to differ by 215+/-8 m/s between the components. This suggests that the difference in convective blueshift between the components is much smaller than predicted from current hydrodynamical model atmosphere calculations.
Bouchy Florent
Butler Paul R.
Carter Brad D.
Hearnshaw John B.
Jones Hugh R. A.
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