Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-09-21
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 674, p.329, 2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
21 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables; Fig 2 caption edited
Scientific paper
10.1086/524346
We report the discovery of a pre-main-sequence, low-mass, double-lined, spectroscopic, eclipsing binary in the Orion star-forming region. We present our observations including radial velocities derived from optical high-resolution spectroscopy, and present an orbit solution that permits the determination of precise empirical masses for both components of the system. We measure that Par 1802 is composed of two equal mass (0.39+-0.03, 0.40+-0.03 Msun) stars in a circular, 4.7 day orbit. There is strong evidence, such as the system exhibiting strong Li lines and a center-of-mass velocity consistent with cluster membership, that this system is a member of the Orion star-forming region and quite possibly the Orion Nebula Cluster, and therefore has an age of only a few million years. As there are currently only a few empirical mass and radius measurements for low-mass, PMS stars, this system presents an interesting test for the predictions of current theoretical models of pre-main sequence stellar evolution.
Cargile Phillip A.
Mathieu Robert D.
Stassun Keivan G.
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