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Volume 690, October 2024
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Article Number | A153 | |
Number of page(s) | 22 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450797 | |
Published online | 08 October 2024 |
Spectroscopy of eclipsing compact hierarchical triples
I. Low-mass double-lined and triple-lined systems
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Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Rabiańska 8, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Villanova University, Dept. of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA
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Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland
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Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Av. Diagonal las Torres, 2640 Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile
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Millennium Institute for Astrophysics, Monseñor Nuncio Sótero Sanz 100, Of. 104, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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Data Observatory Foundation, Eliodoro Yáñez, 2990 Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, 21218 MD, USA
Received:
20
May
2024
Accepted:
29
June
2024
Context. Eclipsing compact hierarchical triples (CHTs) are systems in which a tertiary star orbits an eclipsing binary (EB) in an orbit of fewer than 1000 days. In a CHT, all three stars exist in a space that is less than 5 AU in radius. A low-mass CHT is an interesting case through which we can understand the formation of multiple stars and planets at such small scales.
Aims. In this study, we combine spectroscopy and photometry to estimate the orbital, stellar, and atmospheric parameters of stars in a sample of CHTs. Using the complete set of parameters, we aim to constrain the metallicity and age of the systems.
Methods. We used time-series spectroscopy to obtain radial velocities (RVs) and disentangled spectra. Using RV modelling, EB light curve modelling, and spectral analysis, we estimated the metallicities and temperatures. Using isochrone fitting, we constrained the ages of the system. We then combined observations of masses, outer eccentricities (e2), orbital periods, and age estimates of the systems from the literature. We compared the distributions of e2, and the tertiary mass ratio, q3 = M3/(M1 + M2), for three different metallicity ranges and two age ranges.
Results. We have estimated the masses, radii, temperatures, metallicities, and ages of 12 stars in four CHTs. The CHT CD-32 6459 shows signs of von Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai oscillations, while CD-62 1257 can evolve to form a triple common envelope. The rest of the CHTs are old and have an M-dwarf tertiary. We find that the q3 distribution for CHTs with sub-solar metallicity has a uniform distribution but the systems with solar and above-solar metallicity peak between 0.5 and 1. When dividing them according to their ages, we find the q3 of old systems to be around 0.5. The eccentricity, e2, favours a value of around 0.3 irrespective of metallicity or age. The distributions of q3 and e2 resemble the distributions of the mass ratio and eccentricity of close field binaries.
Key words: binaries: eclipsing / binaries: spectroscopic / stars: evolution / stars: formation / stars: fundamental parameters
© The Authors 2024
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