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Table 4

Cyg OB2 #8A parameters used in modelling.

Parameter Primary Secondary

Teff (K) 36 800 39 200
log Lbol/L 5.82 5.67
(M yr-1) 4.8 × 10-6 3.0 × 10-6
ν (km s-1) 1873 2107
3 mm flux (mJy) 1.62 0.75
3 mm τ = 1 radius (R) 220 140
Semi-major axis a (R) 65.7 76.0
Period P (days) 21.908 ± 0.040
Eccentricity e 0.24 ± 0.04
Inclination i 32° ± 5°
Distance D (kpc) 1.4

Notes. The parameters were derived by De Becker et al. (2006). The predicted fluxes and the radii where the optical depth τ becomes 1 for 3 mm (Rτ = 1) have been derived from the Wright & Barlow (1975) equations (see Sect. 5.1) The values listed do not include clumping. When including clumping, the flux scales as and Rτ = 1 scales differently as , where fcl is the clumping factor. Note, however, that when comparing a clumped wind and a smooth wind that have the same flux, their needs to be the same, hence also their Rτ = 1.

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