Volume-limited Spectroscopic Binary Statistics

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Aug 2004

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The Environment and Evolution of Double and Multiple Stars, Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 191, held 3-7 February, 2002 in Merida

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Binaries: Spectroscopic, Stars: Statistics

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We derive the period (P), primary mass (m[1]) and mass ratio (q) distributions of the local population of field binaries by studying a volume-limited sample of 371 spectroscopic binaries (SBs) in the solar neighbourhood d ≤ 100 pc and M[v] ≤ 4. The sample was collated using the Batten catalogue, data of R.F. Griffin and the HIPPARCOS catalogue. The SB2s are used to calibrate a Monte-Carlo approach to the q distribution of SB1s, giving a total q distribution confirming a peak at q ≈ 1. Completenesses and parameter-specific biases are also assessed. A substantial number of systems with intermediate to long periods are found which may have significant consequences for the mass-distribution of WDs.

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