Absolute properties of the highly eccentric eclipsing binary star LV Herculis

Details Absolute properties of the highly eccentric eclipsing binary star LV Herculis Absolute properties of the highly eccentric eclipsing binary star LV Herculis

2009-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/0909.4533v1

The Astronomical Journal 138 (2009) 1622-1633

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

12 pages in emulateapj format, including figures and tables. To appear in The Astronomical Journal

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We report extensive spectroscopic and differential V-band photometric observations of the 18.4-day detached double-lined eclipsing binary LV Her (F9V), which has the highest eccentricity (e = 0.613) among the systems with well-measured properties. We determine the absolute masses and radii of the components to be M1 = 1.193 +/- 0.010 M(Sun), M2 = 1.1698 +/- 0.0081 M(Sun), R1 = 1.358 +/- 0.012 R(Sun), and R2 = 1.313 +/- 0.011 R(Sun), with fractional errors of 0.9% or better. The effective temperatures are 6060 +/- 150 K and 6030 +/- 150 K, respectively, and the overall metallicity is estimated to be [m/H] = +0.08 +/- 0.21. A comparison with current stellar evolution models for this composition indicates an excellent fit for an age between 3.8 and 4.2 Gyr, with both stars being near the middle of their main-sequence lifetimes. Full integration of the equations for tidal evolution is consistent with the high eccentricity, and suggests the stars' spin axes are aligned with the orbital axis, and that their rotations should be pseudo-synchronized. The latter prediction is not quite in agreement with the measured projected rotational velocities.

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