A celestial matryoshka: dynamical and spectroscopic analysis of the Albireo system

We present a spectroscopic characterization and a new orbital solution for the binary system  β Cyg Aa/Ac (MCA 55), the primary component ( β Cyg A) of the well-known wide double star Albireo. By matching evolutionary tracks to the physical parameters of all three Albireo stars ( β Cyg Aa, Ac, and B...

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Hauptverfasser: Drimmel, Ronald (VerfasserIn) , Sozzetti, Alessandro (VerfasserIn) , Schröder, Klaus-Peter (VerfasserIn) , Bastian, Ulrich (VerfasserIn) , Pinamonti, Matteo (VerfasserIn) , Jack, Dennis (VerfasserIn) , Hernández Huerta, Missael A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 12 January 2021
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 502, Heft: 1, Pages: 328-350
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/staa4038
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Verfasserangaben:Ronald Drimmel, Alessandro Sozzetti, Klaus-Peter Schröder, Ulrich Bastian, Matteo Pinamonti, Dennis Jack and Missael A. Hernández Huerta
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Zusammenfassung:We present a spectroscopic characterization and a new orbital solution for the binary system  β Cyg Aa/Ac (MCA 55), the primary component ( β Cyg A) of the well-known wide double star Albireo. By matching evolutionary tracks to the physical parameters of all three Albireo stars ( β Cyg Aa, Ac, and B) as obtained from a spectroscopic analysis of TIGRE and IUE spectra, we confirm that they are likely coeval. Our final orbit solution is based on radial-velocity measurements taken over a baseline exceeding 120 yr, combined with relative astrometry from speckle interferometric observations and the absolute astrometry from the Hipparcos and Gaia missions. Our final orbit solution has a period of 121.65$^{+3.34}_{-2.90}$ yr with an eccentricity of 0.20$^{+0.01}_{-0.02}$. Thanks to the inclusion of the absolute astrometry, we find a mass ratio of
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ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/staa4038