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The massive Wolf-Rayet binary WR 98 (WN7/WC+08-9)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Roberto C. Gamen
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina
Virpi S. Niemela
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina

Abstract

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We present the discovery of OB type absorption lines superimposed to the emission line spectrum, and the first double-lined orbital elements, for the massive Wolf-Rayet binary WR 98 (HDE 318016, WN7/C+08-9), a spectroscopic binary in a circular orbit with a period of 47.825 d. The semi-amplitudes of the orbital motion of the emission lines differ from line to line, indicating a mass ratio in the range qMWR/MOB = 1–1.8.

Type
Part 1. Atmospheres of Massive Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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