Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-09-26
Astron.J. 125 (2003) 246
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1086/344944
We report the discovery of two spectroscopic binaries in the field of the old open cluster M67 -- S1063 and S1113 -- whose positions in the color-magnitude diagram place them approximately 1 mag below the subgiant branch. A ROSAT study of M67 independently discovered these stars to be X-ray sources. Both have proper-motion membership probabilities greater than 97%; precise center-of-mass velocities are consistent with the cluster mean radial velocity. S1063 is also projected within one core radius of the cluster center. S1063 is a single-lined binary with a period of 18.396 days and an orbital eccentricity of 0.206. S1113 is a double-lined system with a circular orbit having a period of 2.823094 days. The primary stars of both binaries are subgiants. The secondary of S1113 is likely a 0.9 Mo main-sequence star, which implies a 1.3 Mo primary star. We have been unable to explain securely the low apparent luminosities of the primary stars; neither binary contain stars presently limited in radius by their Roche lobes. We speculate that S1063 and S1113 may be the products of close stellar encounters involving binaries in the cluster environment, and may define alternative stellar evolutionary tracks associated with mass-transfer episodes, mergers, and/or dynamical stellar exchanges.
Latham Dave
Mathieu Robert D.
Stassun Keivan
Torres Gabino
van den Berg Maureen
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