A NEW INVESTIGATION OF THE BINARY HD 48099
- Astrophysical Institute, University of Liege, Bat. B5C, Allee du 6 Aout 17, B-4000 Liege (Belgium)
- GRAAL, Universite Montpellier II, CNRS, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier (France)
- European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 1307, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19 (Chile)
- Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Guanajuato, Apartado 144, 36000 Guanajuato, GTO (Mexico)
With an orbital period of about 3.078 days, the double-lined spectroscopic binary HD 48099 is, until now, the only short-period O+O system known in the Mon OB2 association. Even though an orbital solution has already been derived for this system, few information are available about the individual stars. We present, in this paper, the results of a long-term spectroscopic campaign. We derive a new orbital solution and apply a disentangling method to recover the mean spectrum of each star. To improve our knowledge concerning both components, we determine their spectral classifications and their projected rotational velocities. We also constrain the main stellar parameters of both stars by using the CMFGEN atmosphere code and provide the wind properties for the primary star through the study of International Ultraviolet Explorer spectra. This investigation reveals that HD 48099 is an O5.5 V ((f)) + O9 V binary with M{sub 1}sin{sup 3} i = 0.70 M{sub sun} and M{sub 2}sin{sup 3} i = 0.39 M{sub sun}, implying a rather low orbital inclination. This result, combined with both a large effective temperature and log g, suggests that the primary star (vsin i approx = 91 km s{sup -1}) is actually a fast rotator with a strongly clumped wind and a nitrogen abundance of about 8 times the solar value.
- OSTI ID:
- 21392388
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 708, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/708/2/1537; ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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