Absolute properties of the triple star CF Tauri

CF Tau is now known to be an eclipsing triple star with relatively deep total and annular eclipses. New light and radial velocity curves as well as new times of minima were obtained and used for further modeling of the system. Very accurate (better than 0.9%) masses and radii of the eclipsing pair a...

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Autores: Sandberg Lacy, Claud H., Torres, Guillermo, Claret, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/417180
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/417180
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Binaries: eclipsing
Binaries: spectroscopic
Stars: fundamental parameters
Stars: individual (CF Tau)
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Sumario:CF Tau is now known to be an eclipsing triple star with relatively deep total and annular eclipses. New light and radial velocity curves as well as new times of minima were obtained and used for further modeling of the system. Very accurate (better than 0.9%) masses and radii of the eclipsing pair are determined from analysis of the two new light curves, the radial velocity curve, and the times of minimum light. The mass and luminosity of the distant third component is accurately determined as well. Theoretical models of the detached, evolved eclipsing pair match the observed absolute properties of the stars at an age of about 4.3Gyr and [Fe/H] = -0.14. © 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..