Precision radial velocities of double-lined spectroscopic binaries with an iodine absorption cell

Details Precision radial velocities of double-lined spectroscopic binaries with an iodine absorption cell Precision radial velocities of double-lined spectroscopic binaries with an iodine absorption cell

2004-10-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410389v2

Astrophys.J. 626 (2005) 431-438

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/429880

A spectroscopic technique employing an iodine absorption cell (I_2) to superimpose a reference spectrum onto a stellar spectrum is currently the most widely adopted approach to obtain precision radial velocities of solar-type stars. It has been used to detect ~80 extrasolar planets out of ~130 know. Yet in its original version, it only allows us to measure precise radial velocities of single stars. In this paper, we present a novel method employing an I_2 absorption cell that enables us to accurately determine radial velocities of both components of double-lined binaries. Our preliminary results based on the data from the Keck I telescope and HIRES spectrograph demonstrate that 20-30 m/s radial velocity precision can be routinely obtained for "early" type binaries (F3-F8). For later type binaries, the precision reaches ~10 m/s. We discuss applications of the technique to stellar astronomy and searches for extrasolar planets in binary systems. In particular, we combine the interferometric data collected with the Palomar Testbed Interferometer with our preliminary precision velocities of the spectroscopic double-lined binary HD 4676 to demonstrate that with such a combination one can routinely obtain masses of the binary components accurate at least at the level of 1.0%.

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