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Table 1.

Non-seismic observational parameters for α Cen AB.

Fundamental parameter Reference
Fractional mass (κ) MB/(MA + MB) = 0.4617 ± 0.0004 P16

MB/(MA + MB) = 0.45884 ± 0.00027 K16

Individual masses MA = 1.133 ± 0.005 MB = 0.972 ± 0.005 P16
MA = 1.1055 ± 0.0039 MB = 0.9373 ± 0.0033 K16

Radius ratio (Γ) RA/RB = 1.4172 ± 0.0016 Kervella et al. (2017b)

Individual radii RA = 1.2234 ± 0.0053 RB = 0.8632 ± 0.0037 Kervella et al. (2017b)

Effective temperature Teff, A = 5795 ± 19 K Teff, B = 5231 ± 21 K Kervella et al. (2017b)

Luminosity LA = 1.521 ± 0.015 LB = 0.503 ± 0.007 Kervella et al. (2017b)

Metallicity [Fe/H]A = 0.25 ± 0.02 [Fe/H]B = 0.24 ± 0.03 Neuforge-Verheecke & Magain (1997)
[Fe/H]A = 0.24 ± 0.03 [Fe/H]B = 0.25 ± 0.04 Porto de Mello et al. (2008)
[Fe/H]A = 0.16 ± 0.05 [Fe/H]B = − Bigot et al. (2008)
[Fe/H]A = 0.24 ± 0.01 [Fe/H]B = 0.22 ± 0.02 Morel (2018)

Notes. Masses, radii, and luminosities are expressed in corresponding solar units.

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