Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997a%26a...324l..25w&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.324, p.L25-L28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stars: Individual: V471 Tau, Stars: Fundamental Parameters, Stars: Atmospheres, Binaries: Eclipsing, White Dwarfs, Ultraviolet: Stars
Scientific paper
We present a model atmosphere analysis of the white dwarf component in the K2V/DA eclipsing binary system V471 Tau, based upon FUV spectra obtained by the ORFEUS satellite. This system is regarded as the prototype of a post-common envelope WD+MS binary and, hence, is of considerable importance for our understanding of close binary evolution. From a line profile fit to the FUV hydrogen Lyman series we obtain T_eff_=35125K and logg=8.21. The HIPPARCOS trigonometric parallax measurement (21.37+/-1.62mas) confirms the Hyades membership of V471 Tau and we can derive the white dwarf radius. Together with its astrometric mass, which is known from analyses of the orbital parameters and which is compatible with our spectroscopic surface gravity determination, we can compare this individual WD to the theoretical mass-radius relation.
Rauch Thomas
Werner Kirstin
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