Issue |
A&A
Volume 616, August 2018
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Article Number | A75 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832810 | |
Published online | 21 August 2018 |
The triple system HD 150136: From periastron passage to actual masses ★,★★
1
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven,
Celestijnlaan 200D, Bus 2401,
3001
Leuven,
Belgium
e-mail: laurent.mahy@kuleuven.be
2
Space Sciences, Technologies, and Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute, Université de Liège, Quartier Agora,
Bât B5c, Allée du 6 août, 19c,
4000
Liège,
Belgium
3
Unidad de Astronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de Antofagasta,
Antofagasta,
Chile
4
Astronomical Institute ASCR,
Fricova 298,
251 65
Ondrejov,
Czech Republic
5
Visitor Scientist at Gemini Observatory, Northern Operations Center,
670 North A’ohoku Place,
Hilo,
HI 96720,
USA
6
Institute of Astronomy, University of Geneva,
51 chemin des Maillettes,
1290
Versoix,
Switzerland
7
UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG),
UMR 5274,
Grenoble,
France
8
Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam,
1090
GE Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Received:
12
February
2018
Accepted:
30
April
2018
Context. The triple system HD 150136 is composed of an O3 V((f*))–O3.5 V((f+)) primary, of an O5.5–6 V((f)) secondary, and of a more distant O6.5–7 V((f)) tertiary. The latter component went through periastron in 2015–2016, an event that will not occur again within the next eight years.
Aims. We aim to analyse the tertiary periastron passage to determine the orbital properties of the outer system, to constrain its inclination and its eccentricity, and to determine the actual masses of the three components of the system.
Methods. We conducted an intensive spectroscopic monitoring of the periastron passage of the tertiary component and combined the outcoming data with new interferometric measurements. This allows us to derive the orbital solution of the outer orbit in three-dimensional space. We also obtained the light curve of the system to further constrain the inclination of the inner binary.
Results. We determine an orbital period of 8.61 ± 0.02 years, an eccentricity of 0.682 ± 0.002, and an inclination of 106.18 ± 0.14° for the outer orbit. The actual masses of the inner system and of the tertiary object are 72.32−8.49+8.45 M⊙ and 15.54−4.97+4.96 M⊙, respectively. From the mass of the inner system and accounting for the known mass ratio between the primary and the secondary, we determine actual masses of 42.81 M⊙ and 29.51 M⊙ for the primary and the secondary components, respectively. We infer, from the different mass ratios and the inclination of the outer orbit, an inclination of 62.4° for the inner system. This value is confirmed by photometry. Grazing eclipses and ellipsoidal variations are detected in the light curve of HD 150136. We also compute the distance of the system to 1.096 ± 0.274 kpc.
Conclusions. By combining spectroscopy, interferometry, and photometry, HD 150136 offers us a unique chance to compare theory and observations. The masses estimated through our analysis are smaller than those constrained by evolutionary models. The formation of this triple system suggests similar ages for the three components within the errorbars. Finally, we show that Lidov–Kozai cycles have no effect on the evolution of the inner binary, which suggests that the latter will experience mass transfer leading to a merger of the two stars.
Key words: stars: early-type / binaries: spectroscopic / stars: fundamental parameters / stars: individual: HD150136
Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory (Paranal and La Silla, Chile).
The journal of observations and the radial velocity data are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/616/A75
© ESO 2018
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