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Emerging Variety of Binary Systems among Objects with Gas-and-Dust Envelopes
Anatoly Miroshnichenko Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, USA Sergei Zharikov
Institute of Astronomy, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Daniela Korčáková Astronomical Institute, Charles University, Prague, Czech
Republic Serik Khokhlov
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Outline
• World of Stars and Evolution of Our Understanding of It
• Binary Stars and What We Observe from Them
• The B[e] Phenomenon and FS CMa Type Objects
• Known and Suspected FS CMa Type Binaries
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Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
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Stellar Fundamental Parameters Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
L = 4 π R2 σ Teff 4
2.5 log (L/L¤) = Mbol¤ − Mbol
Mbol = Mv + BC BC = f(Teff) Mv = V + 5 – 5log D
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Stellar Groups Be stars - phenomenon/evolutionary stage – 1866 T Tau stars – pre-main-sequence low-mass stars – 1945 Herbig Ae/Be – pre-main-sequence intermediate-mass – 1960 Luminous Blue Variables – evolutionary stage of very massive stars – 1970’s Vega-type – main-sequence stars with debris protostellar envelopes – 1984 Proto-Planetary Nebulae – transition objects/late evolutionary stage of low-mass stars – 1988 B[e] stars – phenomenon in a wide variety of objects – 1976
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Binary Systems
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Binary Systems – β Aurigae
β Aurigae orbital parameters Orb. period − 3.96 days e = 0.0 M1 = 2.39±0.01 M¤
M2 = 2.32±0.01 M¤
a = 0.08 A.U.
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Binary Systems – β Aurigae
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Normal Star Spectra Photosphere – continuum Atmosphere – absorption lines
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Massive Interacting Binaries
η Carinae – the most massive binary in the Milky Way 120 + 80 M¤, orbital period ~ 5.5 years
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Contact Binaries
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Be Stars/The Be Phenomenon Line emission discovered in 1866
ü Circumstellar gas is distributed in a disk
ü Stars – fast rotators ü Luminosity – near main
sequence
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48 Librae
V ~ 4.8-4.95 mag B4 IIIe D=157±17 pc V sin i ~ 400 km/s
ψ Persei
V ~ 4.2 mag B5 Ve D=215±30 pc V sin i ~ 212 km/s
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Binary Statistics
Be binaries – Be-primary + non-degenerate secondary Miroshnichenko (2011, IAU Symp.272, 304) • Weak-lined objects can be single or close binaries • Strong-lined objects can be wider binaries
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Binary Stars • Most massive stars are binary or multiple • Over 50% Ве stars should be binaries • Many stars with the B[e] phenomenon are either
confirmed or suspected binaries
Binary stars that undergo mass exchange make the evolution of stars and galaxies more complicated and diverse.
Problems finding binaries: • large brightness difference between the components • effects of the variable circumstellar medium
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The B[e] Phenomenon Discovery − Allen & Swings(1976, A&A, 47, 293)
• 65 B-type stars (out of 700) with forbidden line emission ([Fe II], [O I], [O III]) and IR excess at λ=2 µm
• Five groups of B[e] stars: supergiant B[e], pre-main-
sequence B[e], compact Planetary Nebulae B[e], symbiotic B[e], and unclassified B[e]
• Key features: large envelopes/disks + circumstellar dust • 32 unclassified B[e] – no absorption lines observed à
no distance OR similar to classified B[e] objects Most of these became FS CMa objects + ~50 newly found
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B[e] Objects on HRD
cPNB[e]
SymB[e]
FS CMa Hot Cool comps.
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Properties of FS CMa objects
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Binarity Signatures: Li 6708
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Known FS CMa type Binaries Double-lined: • MWC 623 • CI Cam (P=19.4d) • MWC 728 (P=27.5d) • FX Vel • AS 174 • IRAS00470+6429 • IRAS07080+0605 • V669 Cep • IRAS07377-2523
Single-lined: Spectro-astrometry: • FS CMa (V ~ 7.5 mag) • HD 50138 (V ~ 6.6 mag) • HD 85567 (V ~ 8.6 mag)
Orbital motion detected: GG Car (V~8.7, P=31.03d) – sgB[e]? AS 386 (V~10.9, P=131.3d) No lines of the secondary component have been detected
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FS CMa Type Binary Model
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Galactic Distribution
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CI Cam
Vr amplitude ~230 km/s
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MWC 728
Radial velocities derived by cross-correlation for 25 spectra M1+M2 ~ 7 M¤, the components separation ~ 0.3 AU The secondary component does not fill its Roche lobe
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MWC 728
MWC 728 (B5Ve+G8 III) Miroshnichenko+ 2015, ApJ, 809, 129 Comparison star is HD 232862 is a Li-rich G8 giant A flat continuum was added to the spectrum of HD 232862 to match the line strengths of MWC 728
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AS 386 V = 10.9 mag, located in a crowded field in Cygnus
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AS 386
5550 5600 5650 5700 5750
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
[Fe II]
S IIFe II
N II
Si II
DIBNe I
Na I
Al III
O I
Al II
Fe II
2015/12/02
2015/09/24
The spectrum of a reddened late B-type star with a luminosity of a giant.
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AS 386
1 2 3
1
2
3
D [kpc]
Av
Interstellar extinction law based on photometry of stars in the field of AS 386
+
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AS 386 25 spectra, 2009-2017 ( 3.6-m CFHT, 2.7-m McDonald, and 2.1-m OAN SPM), resolution 18000−65000)
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
−500−250 0 250 500
1
2
3
V [km/s]−500−250 0 250 500
V [km/s]−500−250 0 250 500
V [km/s]−500−250 0 250 500
V [km/s]−500−250 0 250 500
V [km/s]
2016/09/22CFHT0.01
2016/10/13CFHT0.17
2016/10/15SPM0.19
2016/10/19SPM0.22
2015/09/24CFHT0.24
2012/11/13SPM0.28
2012/07/06CFHT0.29
2015/10/03SPM0.31
2015/10/08SPM0.35
2013/08/23CFHT0.43
2016/11/18SPM0.45
2015/10/30CFHT0.51
2010/10/18SPM0.52
2015/11/04CFHT0.55
2013/09/14CFHT0.6
2013/01/03MCD0.67
2015/12/02CFHT0.76
2010/11/21CFHT0.77
2010/11/26CFHT0.81
2009/11/05SPM0.87
2016/09/09SPM0.92
2010/12/16CFHT0.96
Hα line in the spectrum of AS 386
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AS 386
The orbit is circular. Orbital period – 131.29±0.08 days Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude – 51±3 km/s The mass function: M2 sin i / (1+M2/M1)2 = 1.8±0.3 M¤
Reasonable masses: M1 ~ 5 M¤, M2 ~ 7 M¤
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
20
RV
[ km
s ]-1
Phase0 5 10
M1 (M )
0
5
10
15
M2(
M
)
00
i=90o
i=60o
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AS 386 – IR brightness variations
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
7.6
K
Orbital Phase
H
J
Mag
nitu
de
Phase 0.5 – B-star in front of the invisible component
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AS 386 B-star K-star
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AS 386 - Conclusions The system consists of a ~5 M¤ B-type star and a much optically fainter (100 times) cool star with a similar mass. The visible star spectrum is rich with absorption lines that indicate high abundances of Si, S, N, and Ne. The near-IR light curve suggests the presence of several components, including a variable contribution of the secondary component. Overall, the object is probably an evolved binary after an active mass-transfer phase.
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HD 85567
4850 4900 4950 5000 5050 5100 5150 5200 5250 53000.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
4350 4400 4450 4500 4550 4600 4650 4700 47500.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
Si II
FeII+HeIFeII+HeI
Fe II
H`Fe II
Mg II
He I
Ha
A B5-star with a strong IR excess (Oudmaijer et al. 1992) FS CMa possible binary (Miroshnichenko et al. 2001) or a HAeB[e] (Wheelwright et al. 2013) 15 spectra - 2012 and 2015, HIRON (R=80000), CTIO Khokhlov et al. (2017) – evidence against young status
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HD 85567
−450 −300 −150 0 150 300 450 1
3
5
7
9
11
13
18/04/2015
27/04/2015
05/05/2015
4450 4455 4460 4465 4470 4475 4480 4485 4490
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
6340 6345 6350 63550.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
5870 5875 58800.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
HD85567
BS1149
SiII
MgII
HD85567 HD85567
BS1149 BS1149 HeI
HeI
aCMa
aCMa aCMa
−200 −100 0 100 200
1
1.3
1.6
1.9
2.2
27/04/2015
05/05/2015
18/04/2015
No radial velocity variations of absorption lines was found
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Interstellar extinction in the direction of HD 85567. Teff versus EW ratio of He I 4713/Si II 6347
Teff versus EW ratio of He I 5876/ Si II 6347 Circles: data for normal B – type stars (filled — OHP, open — TCO).
Fundamental parameters of HD 85567
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram with evolutionary tracks of PMS stars from Tognelli et al. (2011) (thin solid lines) and rotating single stars from Ekstrom et al. (2012) (dashed lines).
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IRAS 17449+2320
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IRAS 17449+2320
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IRAS 17449+2320
Variations of the oxygen triplet at 7772-7775 Å (2006-2017)
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HD 50138 – the brightest FS CMa Object
2448000 2450000 2452000 2454000 2456000 245800030
40
50
60
70
80
EW H [ ]A
Julian date
α ο
Possible periodicity on a timescale of 10-15 years
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Problems and Questions • Mass loss mechanisms: u Similar to that in Be stars if single? u Mass transfer in close binaries? u Explosion in mergers? • Binary fraction: u Most known Galactic sgB[e] are binaries u SymB[e] are binaries by nature u 1/3 FS CMa objects show signs of binarity • Why are there many Be stars within 1 kpc from
the Sun and only a few B[e] objects? • How to model circumstellar envelopes?
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Conclusions
• The main hypothesis on the nature of the FS CMa objects – components interaction in binary systems of intermediate mass (2 – 10 M¤)
• Other possibilities – binary mergers or unusually strong stellar wind from a single star
• Signatures of binarity are diverse and require long-term observations
• The number of confirmed binary systems grows with the amount of collected material