Issue |
A&A
Volume 420, Number 1, June II 2004
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Page(s) | 251 - 264 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041043 | |
Published online | 14 May 2004 |
HS 2333+3927: A new sdB+dM binary with a large reflection effect *
1
Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Sternwartstraße 7, 96049 Bamberg, Germany e-mail: [drechsel;karl;napiwotzki;altmann]@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
2
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, 37800 Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain e-mail: roy@ing.iac.es
3
Sternwarte der Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany e-mail: cordes@astro.uni-bonn.de
4
University of Tromsø, Department of Physics, 9037 Tromsø, Norway e-mail: janerik@phys.uit.no
5
Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany e-mail: [koester/voss]@astrophysik.uni-kiel.de
Corresponding author: U. Heber, heber@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
Received:
15
January
2004
Accepted:
29
February
2004
We have discovered periodic light variations ( d) in the sdB star HS 2333+3927 in the BVR bands with amplitudes of 0.21,
0.28 and 0.33 mag, respectively. Sinusoidal radial velocity variations at
the same period were detected with a semi-amplitude of
km s-1,
indicating that it is binary system and that the light variations are
caused by the reflection effect with no eclipses. A mass function of
has been determined. The analysis of the light curve did
not yield a unique solution, mainly because the albedo of the secondary is
poorly constrained. Two solutions of equal quality with a high (
1.0)
and a low (
0.39) albedo were considered further. Variability of the
Balmer line profiles, most notably for Hα, was discovered, probably
also caused by the reflection effect. A spectroscopic analysis results in
K,
, and
. These characteristics are typical for sdB stars. Mass-radius
relations are derived from the results of the analysis of light and
radial-velocity curves. Comparison with the observed mass-radius relation
of the sdB star and with that of lower main sequence stars for the
companion allows us to discard the high albedo solution, because the
resulting mass of the primary and the radius of the secondary would be
unreasonably low. From a discussion of evolutionary models we constrain the
plausible mass of the sdB to the range between 0.29
and 0.47
.
Accordingly, the mass of the secondary is between 0.24
and 0.32
,
indicating a spectral type of M3 to M4. HS 2333+3927 is only the sixth
sdB+dM system discovered so far. An improved measurement of the gravity and
the projected rotational velocity of the sdB star is required to further
constrain the masses and to identify the evolutionary state of the sdB star
uniquely.
Key words: stars: subdwarfs / stars: binaries: spectroscopic / stars: binaries: close / stars: early-type / stars: fundamental parameters / stars: individual: HS 2333+3927
Based on observations obtained at the German-Spanish Astronomical Center (DSAZ) at Calar Alto, the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) and the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT) on La Palma, the Hoher List Observatory in Germany and the 80 cm telescope of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC80) on Tenerife.
© ESO, 2004
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