Stars: asses 12 1. van Gogh: Starry ight over the hône (1888) The Webuseum (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/; original: Paris, usée d Orsay) D D D G S
14.5" D D 12 12 D G S asses izar and B are rather typical stars: 50% 80% of all stars in the solar neighbourhood belong to multiple systems. ough classification: apparent binaries: stars are not physically associated, just happen to lie along same line of sight ( optical doubles ). visual binaries: bound system that can be resolved into multiple stars (e.g., izar); can image orbital motion, periods typically 1 year to several 00 years. spectroscopic binaries: bound systems, cannot resolve image into multiple stars, but see Doppler effect in stellar spectrum; often short periods (hours... months). asses and adii 11
http://csep.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/binaries/astrometric.html strometric binaries: otion of stars around common center of mass results in a wobble around the (since is moving along a straight line). Taking out proper motion leaves us with binary star orbits. D D 12 15 D G S asses To determine stellar masses, use Kepler s 3rd law: a 3 P = G 2 4π 2(m 1 + m2) where 1,2: masses P : period a semimajor axis Observational quantities: P directly measurable a measurable from image if and only if distance to binary and the inclination are known asses and adii 14 D D 12 16 asses D G S Towards arth i=0 deg Problem when analysing orbits: orientation of orbit in space: inclination n simplest case: real semimajor axis: i=45deg aobserved = areal cosi nclination typically found using Kepler s 2nd law plus geometry... i=70deg iew from arth iew from the side asses and adii 15
D (YY Sgr, 1/2 = 0.95, P = 2.6285372(8) d; acy, 1993, J 6, 738; B5/B6 stars) clipsing binaries: photometric binaries where the orbital plane is perpendicular to the celestial plane. D D 12 20 Spectroscopic Binaries D G S Star at rest Star moving towards us: blue shift Star moving away from us: red shift Doppler formula: (12.1) λ λ = v c c: speed of light asses and adii 19 D 12 17 asses Kepler s 3rd law gives 1 + 2. D G S To determine individual masses, 1 and 2, we make use of the fact that the stars move around their common center of mass (): v 2 m m 1 2 v 1 = a 2 1 1a1 = 2a2 such that a1 2 where a1, a2: semi-major axes of orbits around (observable from imaging). r 1 r 2 O T: vbin0.mpg, vbin4.mpg lso recommended: nteractive program: http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro1/java/binary/bi asses and adii 16 D D 12 18 Photometric Binaries D G S n a close binary system: Gravitational potential described by the oche potential: (ω r)2 Φ(r) = G 1 r r1 G 2 r r2 1 2 and where ) 1/2 ê ( G a 3 ω = Stellar surfaces are isosurfaces of this potential = stars are non-spherical = Stellar magnitude changes with orbit. O T: output.mpg. Hynes asses and adii 17
D D D D 12 24 D G S ass function f only one star is visible: obtain mass limits from the mass function (derivation: see homework): f := PK3 1 2πG = 3 2 sin3 i (12.2) (1 + 2) 2 where the observables: K1 & P and the unknowns: 1: mass of primary star, 2: mass of (unseen) secondary star & i: inclination = f is lower limit for 2, since for 1 = 0: 2 = f/ sin 3 i f n some cases, knowing f() is enough to determine 2: Often, the mass of the primary, 1, can be derived from aquantitative spectral analysis. n this case two unknowns remain: 2 and sini. s sini 1: improved lower limit for 2. Determine lower mass limits for all types of invisible faint companions: xoplanets, brown dwarfs, faint normal stars, neutron star and black hole binaries. asses and adii 23 12 21 Spectroscopic Binaries D G S Spectroscopic binaries: otion of stars leads to periodic shift of spectral lines asses and adii 20 D D 12 22 Spectroscopic Binaries D G S or spectroscopic binaries: can only measure radial velocity along line of sight or circular orbit, angle θ on orbit: v r v 3 θ 2 4 θ = ωt where ω = 2π/P. Observed radial velocity: 1 θ 5 vr = v cos(ωt) arth 8 6 f orbit has inclination i, then 7 vr(t) = v sinicos(ωt) =: K cos(ωt) rom observation of vr(t) = v sini. ( velocity amplitude, K) Time radial velocity asses and adii 21
D D 12 25 ass function D G S D D 12 27 D G S Stellar Diameters clipsing Binaries Determination of diameters d and db from eclipse timing: Duration of eclipse: d + db = v(t5 t2) (12.3) Duration of eclipse egress: d db = v(t4 t3) (12.4) therefore: d = v(t5 t2 + t4 t3) (12.5) db = v(t5 t2 + t4 + t3) (12.6) ote: requires extremely accurate photometry esulting radii are independent of distance asses and adii 26 D D 12 28 Stellar ngular Diameters D G S direct imaging: requires very high resolution Betelgeuse: angular diameter: 54 mas distance needs to be known to determine the linear diameter asses and adii 27 17 ug 1998 otion of star visible through Doppler shift in stellar spectrum: λ λ = v r c = v c sinicosωt 18 ug 1998 19 ug 1998 20 ug 1998 ormalized lux or virtually all stars, classical Doppler effect is enough; once v 0.1c, however, use relativistic Doppler effect, 21 ug 1998 22 ug 1998 1 + v/c 1 v/c 4870.0 4880.0 4840.0 4850.0 4860.0 νobs = νem Wavelength [] HD 226868/yg -1; Pottschmidt (2001) asses and adii 24 D D 12 26 ass function D G S 1971-1998 T 0 = JD 2441874.699() 0 P=5.599835() d K=74.58(22) km/s corrected for γ 0 adial elocity [km/s] Best fit radial velocity curve of HD 226868/yg -1 using data spanning more than 30 years. -0 40 0 O- [km/s] -40 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Orbital Phase Pottschmidt et al. (2001) asses and adii 25
D D 12 31 pplication: ass-uminosity elation D G S +5 +4 +3 asses and adii of binary stars: adii and temperatures Teff give the luminosity: +2 +1 0 1 = 4π 2 T 4 eff (12.7) Detached eclipsing systems OB eclipsing systems esolved spect. binaries isual binaries 2 3 uminosity (solar luminosities) ass measured from binaries 0.32 3.2 ass(solar masses) 0.1 = determine mass-luminosity relationship asses and adii 30 D D 12 32 ass-umosity relation D G S +5 +4 +3 ) 2.3 ( < 0.43 ) +2 +1 ) 4.0 ( 0.43 ) 0 mpirical result: ( 0.23 = ( 1 = more massive stars have extremely larger luminosities! Detached eclipsing systems OB eclipsing systems esolved spect. binaries isual binaries 2 3 uminosity (solar luminosities) (factor 2 in factor 8 in ). sometimes, one also sees 3.3... 0.32 3.2 ass(solar masses) 0.1 Direct consequence: ore massive stars live much shorter lives asses and adii 31