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Title: WIYN open cluster study. LX. Spectroscopic binary orbits in NGC 6819

Abstract

We present the current state of the WOCS radial-velocity (RV) survey for the rich open cluster NGC 6819 (2.5 Gyr) including 93 spectroscopic binary orbits with periods ranging from 1.5 to 8000 days. These results are the product of our ongoing RV survey of NGC 6819 using the Hydra Multi-Object Spectrograph on the WIYN 3.5 m telescope. We also include a detailed analysis of multiple prior sets of optical photometry for NGC 6819. Within a 1° field of view, our stellar sample includes the giant branch, the red clump, and blue straggler candidates, and extends to almost 2 mag below the main sequence (MS) turnoff. For each star observed in our survey we present all RV measurements, the average RV, and velocity variability information. Additionally, we discuss notable binaries from our sample, including eclipsing binaries (WOCS 23009, WOCS 24009, and WOCS 40007), stars noted in Kepler asteroseismology studies (WOCS 4008, WOCS 7009, and WOCS 8007), and potential descendants of past blue stragglers (WOCS 1006 and WOCS 6002). We find the incompleteness-corrected binary fraction for all MS binaries with periods less than 10{sup 4} days to be 22% ± 3% and a tidal circularization period of 6.2{sub −1.1}{sup +1.1} days formore » NGC 6819.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 475 North Charter Street Madison, WI 53706 (United States)
  2. Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 (United States)
  3. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22342276
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 148; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1538-3881
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ECLIPSE; ORBITS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIAL VELOCITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STARS; TELESCOPES

Citation Formats

Milliman, Katelyn E., Mathieu, Robert D., Gosnell, Natalie M., Geller, Aaron M., Meibom, Søren, and Platais, Imants. WIYN open cluster study. LX. Spectroscopic binary orbits in NGC 6819. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/38.
Milliman, Katelyn E., Mathieu, Robert D., Gosnell, Natalie M., Geller, Aaron M., Meibom, Søren, & Platais, Imants. WIYN open cluster study. LX. Spectroscopic binary orbits in NGC 6819. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/38
Milliman, Katelyn E., Mathieu, Robert D., Gosnell, Natalie M., Geller, Aaron M., Meibom, Søren, and Platais, Imants. 2014. "WIYN open cluster study. LX. Spectroscopic binary orbits in NGC 6819". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/38.
@article{osti_22342276,
title = {WIYN open cluster study. LX. Spectroscopic binary orbits in NGC 6819},
author = {Milliman, Katelyn E. and Mathieu, Robert D. and Gosnell, Natalie M. and Geller, Aaron M. and Meibom, Søren and Platais, Imants},
abstractNote = {We present the current state of the WOCS radial-velocity (RV) survey for the rich open cluster NGC 6819 (2.5 Gyr) including 93 spectroscopic binary orbits with periods ranging from 1.5 to 8000 days. These results are the product of our ongoing RV survey of NGC 6819 using the Hydra Multi-Object Spectrograph on the WIYN 3.5 m telescope. We also include a detailed analysis of multiple prior sets of optical photometry for NGC 6819. Within a 1° field of view, our stellar sample includes the giant branch, the red clump, and blue straggler candidates, and extends to almost 2 mag below the main sequence (MS) turnoff. For each star observed in our survey we present all RV measurements, the average RV, and velocity variability information. Additionally, we discuss notable binaries from our sample, including eclipsing binaries (WOCS 23009, WOCS 24009, and WOCS 40007), stars noted in Kepler asteroseismology studies (WOCS 4008, WOCS 7009, and WOCS 8007), and potential descendants of past blue stragglers (WOCS 1006 and WOCS 6002). We find the incompleteness-corrected binary fraction for all MS binaries with periods less than 10{sup 4} days to be 22% ± 3% and a tidal circularization period of 6.2{sub −1.1}{sup +1.1} days for NGC 6819.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/38},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22342276}, journal = {Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)},
issn = {1538-3881},
number = 2,
volume = 148,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}