A spectroscopic orbit for Regulus

DOI

We present a radial velocity study of the rapidly rotating B star Regulus that indicates the star is a single-lined spectroscopic binary. The orbital period (40.11 days) and probable semimajor axis (0.35AU) are large enough that the system is not interacting at present. However, the mass function suggests that the secondary has a low mass (M_2_>0.30M_{sun}_), and we argue that the companion may be a white dwarf. Such a star would be the remnant of a former mass donor that was the source of the large spin angular momentum of Regulus itself.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.16829117
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/682/L117
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Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/682/L117
Provenance
Creator Gies D.R.; Dieterich S.; Richardson N.D.; Riedel A.R.; Team B.L.,McAlister H.A.; Bagnuolo W.G.Jr; Grundstrom E.D.; Stefl S.; Rivinius T.,Baade D.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2010
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy