| Title: |
Late-type X-ray Emitting Binaries in the Solar Neighborhood and in Star Forming Regions. |
| Authors: |
Giménez, Àlvaro, Guinan, Edward, Niarchos, Panagiotis, Rucinski, Slavek, Frasca, Antonio, Marilli, Ettore, Guillout, Patrick, Ferrero, Rubens Freire, Covino, Elvira, Alcalá, Juan M. |
| Source: |
Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities & Challenges; 2006, p15-18, 4p |
| Abstract: |
We present a spectroscopic and photometric follow-up of binary stars, discovered in a sample of X-ray sources, aimed at a deep characterization of the stellar X-ray population in the solar neighborhood and in Star Forming Regions (SFRs). The sources have been selected from the RasTyc sample, obtained by the cross-correlation between the ROSAT all-sky survey and Tycho catalogues (Guillout et al., 1999). Thanks to the high resolution spectroscopy, we have obtained good radial velocity curves, whose solutions provided us with the mass ratios and minimum masses of the components. We have also obtained an accurate spectral classification with codes specifically developed by us. In addition, we could obtain information on the age of the sources through the LiI-6708 line and on the chromospheric activity level through the Hα line. We show also some results on very young pre-main sequence (PMS) binaries discovered as optical counterparts of X-ray sources in SFRs. The spectroscopic and photometric monitoring has allowed us to determine the orbital and physical parameters and the rotation periods, that are of great importance for testing the models of PMS evolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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