Newly discovered active binaries in the RasTyc sample of stellar X-ray sources

Details Newly discovered active binaries in the RasTyc sample of stellar X-ray sources Newly discovered active binaries in the RasTyc sample of stellar X-ray sources

2006-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610591v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures, Proceeeding of "13 Cool Star Workshop"

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We present preliminary results of follow-up optical observations, both photometric and spectroscopic, of stellar X-ray sources, selected from the cross-correlation of ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) and TYCHO catalogues. Spectra were acquired with the Elodie spectrograph at the 193-cm telescope of the Haute Provence Observatory (OHP) and with the REOSC echelle spectrograph at the 91-cm telescope of the Catania Astrophysical Observatory (OAC), while UBV photometry was made at OAC with the same telescope. In this work, we report on the discovery of six late-type binaries, for which we have obtained good radial velocity curves and solved for their orbits. Thanks to the OHP and OAC spectra, we have also made a spectral classification of single-lined binaries and we could give first estimates of the spectral types of the double-lined binaries. Filled-in or pure emission H-alpha profiles, indicative of moderate or high level of chromospheric activity, have been observed. We have also detected, in near all the systems, a photometric modulation ascribable to photospheric surface inhomogeneities which is correlated with the orbital period, suggesting a synchronization between rotational and orbital periods. For some systems has been also detected a variation of H-alpha line intensity, with a possible phase-dependent behavior.

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