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Binary Orbits
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Orbits
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Binary Stellar Systems
• 1/3 to 2/3 of stars in binary systems
• Rotate around center of mass (barycenter)
• Period - days to years for normal stars
• Period hours and less – if system has a compact star
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Laboratories
• Observations of the orbits can be used to determine parameters e.g. period and line of sight velocities – masses – done in optical and X-ray
• Fact that a large fraction of stars are found in binaries indicate stars are formed in groups through gravitational collapse of gas clouds
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Laboratories
• Different kinds of binary systems – both normal stars – one may be a neutron star – test theories of stellar evolution
• Mass transfer possible if stars are in close proximity – accretion- affects evolution of the stars
• Accretion may dramatically change evolution of the star e.g. formation of binary pulsar
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Different types of binary
• Visual binary
• Eclipsing
• Spectroscopic
• Types not mutually exclusive
• Another type – astrometric – only one star is detected but is seen to wobble
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Inclination ANgle
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Visual Binary
Sirius A and BSirius B is a white dwarf50 yr period
HST ImageCredit: NASA, ESA
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Visual Binary
• Both stars are seen in image of the sky
• In some cases possible to map the motion in the sky and determine important parameters like the mass e.g. α Centauri
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Eclipsing Binary
• One star goes behind the other
• A. The two stars are sufficiently close
• B. One is large enough to block the other
• C. The inclination angle is close to 90
Stars are so close that thay cannot be distinguished, but detected due to reduction of light.
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Eclipsing Binary (Example)
• Algol
• One main sequence and one subgiant
• Period 2.9 days
• Separation 14 times radius of Sun
• 2 milliseconds in angle
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Spectroscopic Binary
• Two stars are very close (typically < 1AU)
• Not distinguishable in an image
• Identified as binary from Doppler shift of spectral lines
• Velocities should be high
• The stars should be bright so that spectral lines can be identified with high signal to noise ratio
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Motion of spectral lineDoppler Effect / = v / c
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Velocity curve
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Spectroscopic Binary
• Two velocities curves out of phase
• Amplitude depends on inversely on masses
• Example – Ф Cygni – assymetric velocity curves – elliptic orbit
• If only one of the binary elements is seen – single line spectroscopic binary