Open AccessContribution to the search for binaries among Am stars – VII. Orbital elements of seven new spectroscopic binaries, implications on tidal effects
Author(s) -
Prieur J.L.,
Carquillat J.M.,
Imbert M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10879.x
Subject(s) - physics , stars , synchronism , astrophysics , orbital elements , radial velocity , binary star , astronomy , quantum mechanics , voltage
We present the results of a radial‐velocity study of seven Am stars (HD 3970, 35035, 93946, 151746, 153286, 204751 and 224002) observed at the Observatoire de Haute‐Provence (OHP) and the Cambridge Observatories with CORAVEL instruments. We find that these systems are single‐lined spectroscopic binaries whose orbital elements are determined for the first time. Among this sample, HD 35035 and 153286 have long periods, with P = 2.8 and 9.5 yr, respectively, which is rather unusual for Am stars. Four systems have orbits with large eccentricities (with e ≥ 0.4 ). Physical parameters are inferred from this study for the primaries of those systems. We then investigate the influence of tidal interaction, which has already led to the synchronism of the primaries and/or to the circularization of the orbits of some systems belonging to this sample. We extend this study to the list of 33 objects studied in this series of papers and derive values of the critical fractional radii r = R / a for circularization and synchronization of Am‐type binaries. We find that the stars with r ≳ 0.15 are orbiting on circular orbits and that synchronism is likely for all components with r ≳ 0.20 .