Deconvolving the HD 81809 Binary: Rotational and Activity Evidence for a Subgiant with a Sun-like Cycle
Deconvolving the HD 81809 Binary: Rotational and Activity Evidence for a Subgiant with a Sun-like Cycle
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对 HD 81809 二进制进行反卷积:具有类太阳周期的亚巨星的旋转和活动证据
DOI:
10.3847/1538-4357/aadf86
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发表时间:
2018
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通讯作者:
R. Egeland
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作者:
R. Egeland
HD 81809 has one of the highest quality activity cycles from the sample of stars synoptically observed in the Mount Wilson Observatory HK Project. However, this object is in fact a binary system, raising the question as to which of the components is responsible for the observed cyclic activity and what are the properties of that active component. The Hipparcos spacecraft obtained resolved two-color photometry for this system that indicates that both components are near the solar temperature. Combined with the precise Gaia parallax and empirical bolometric corrections we derive component the luminosities of and , and radii and , confirming that the primary component is a subgiant. We perform an independent estimate of the rotation period of the A component based on and find that it agrees with the 40.2 days period previously measured from the Ca HK time series. We explore plausible scenarios for the deconvolved S-index and find that a cycling A component would have an activity level within the bounds of ensemble activity-rotation trends, while a cycling B component likely does not. Based on the available rotation and activity evidence, we find the most likely characterization of the system is a subgiant primary component responsible for the smooth cyclic behavior in Ca HK with , while the secondary component has relatively flat activity at .
DOI:
10.3847/1538-3881/ac00bd
发表时间:
2021
期刊:
The Astronomical Journal
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作者:
Tokovinin, Andrei;Mason, Brian D.;Mendez, Rene A.;Costa, Edgardo;Mann, Andrew W.;Henry, Todd J.
通讯作者:
Henry, Todd J.