Interferometric observations of the multiple stellar system delta Velorum

Details Interferometric observations of the multiple stellar system delta Velorum Interferometric observations of the multiple stellar system delta Velorum

2007-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703798v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, Research Note accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20077079

delta Velorum is a nearby (24pc) triple stellar system, containing a close, eclipsing binary (Aa, Ab) discovered in 2000. Multiple systems provide an opportunity to determine the set of fundamental parameters (mass, luminosity, size and chemical composition) of coeval stars. These parameters can be obtained with particular precision in the case of eclipsing binaries; for delta Velorum's components (Aa, Ab) this potential has however not yet been exploited. We have analyzed interferometric observations of the close binary (Aa, Ab), obtained with the VINCI instrument and two VLTI siderostats. The measurements, which resolve the two components for the first time, are fitted onto the simple model of two uniformly bright, spherical stars. The observations suggest that Aa and Ab have larger diameters than expected if they were on the main sequence, and that they are, thus, in a later evolutionary state.

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