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Title: OBSERVATIONS AND ORBITAL ANALYSIS OF THE GIANT WHITE DWARF BINARY SYSTEM HR 5692

Journal Article · · Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
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  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
  2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
  3. Harvard College, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)

We report spectroscopic observations of the red giant star HR 5692, previously known to be a binary system both from other spectroscopic work and from deviations in the astrometric motion detected by the Hipparcos satellite. Earlier International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) observations had shown the presence of a hot white dwarf companion to the giant primary. We have combined our radial velocity observations with other existing measurements and with the Hipparcos intermediate astrometric data to determine a complete astrometric-spectroscopic orbital solution, providing the inclination angle for the first time. We also determine an improved parallax for the system of 10.12 {+-} 0.67 mas. We derive the physical properties of the primary, and with an estimate of its mass from stellar evolution models (1.84 {+-} 0.40 M{sub sun}), we infer the mass of the white dwarf companion to be M{sub WD} = 0.59 {+-} 0.12 M{sub sun}. An analysis of an IUE white dwarf spectrum, using our parallax, yields T{sub eff} = 30, 400 {+-} 780 K, log g = 8.25 {+-} 0.15, and a mass M{sub WD} = 0.79 {+-} 0.09 M{sub sun}, in marginal agreement with the dynamical mass.

OSTI ID:
21583154
Journal Information:
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 141, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/144; ISSN 1538-3881
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English